Russian Metal Artworks

Glass holder with the image of a fisherman pulling the seine

    Glass holder with the image of a fisherman pulling the seine

    Russia, Moscow

    1899-1908

    Ivan Tarabrov gold and silverware workshop

    Silver; casting, chasing, gilding

    8 x 12.3 cm

    Marks: "И.Т."; tee of the Moscow district Assay Department 1899-1908; "84"; certificate mark of Moscow district Assay Department 1899-1908

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    The inscription is beneath the figure "Пришелъ неводъ съ одной рыбкою съ не простои рыбои Золотою" (the siene was pulled out of the sea, not with ordinary fish, but with the golden one).
    It testifies that the plot of the composition is based on The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish by Alexander Pushkin.

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