Sugar tongs. From a tea service (composite)
Sugar tongs. From a tea service (composite)
Russia, Moscow
1908–1917
M. Semenova Silverware Factory, Kurlyukov firm
Silver; carving, niello, gilding, chasing (granulation)
Length – 11.7 cm, width – 3.4 cm
Marks. On the inner side: the firm's mark – "О. КУРЛЮКОВЪ". On the bend, on the inner side: the factory's mark – "МС"; the "triple" hallmark of the Moscow District Assay Office of 1908–1917 – a woman's head in a kokoshnik turned to the right, with the fineness number "84" and the district code letter represented by the Greek letter "delta".
The sugar tongs are made of gilded silver, flat, with pointed-oval cups at the ends. The outer surface of the tongs is decorated with a niello pattern on a chased (granulated) background: an ornamental band of crinons and zigzags adorns the edges of the cups; a floral ornament of intertwined stems with leaves and trefoils decorates the upper part of the tongs; a smooth circular medallion is located on the bend.
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