Sugar spoon with mage of the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin
Sugar spoon with mage of the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin
Russia, Moscow
1908–1917
M. Semenova Silverware Factory,
Siver; casting, carving, niello, gilding
Length 13.0 cm, bowl diameter 3.4 cm
Hallmarks on the stem: for the factory – “МС”; triple hallmark of the Moscow District Assay Office of 1908–1917 – a female head in a kokoshnik turned to the right with silver fineness number “84” and the district code as the Greek letter “delta”.
Silver sugar spoon with round, smooth, deep bowl and a twisted stem with a finial in the form of a smooth cast button. Outer surface of the spoon is decorated with a circular medallion containing niello image of the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin and a carved stylized trefoil in the lower part; the inner surface features a carved monogram “OC”.From a coffee service with views of Moscow and monogram “OC”.
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