Tea glass holder
Tea glass holder
Russia, Moscow
1908–1917
Silver; casting, stamping
9.6 x 11.6 x 7.5 cm
Marks on the inner surface of the base: the firm's mark – "О. КУРЛЮКОВЪ"; 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 verification mark of the Moscow District Assay Office of 1908–1917 for small component parts. The "triple" hallmark of 1954–1958, spatula-shaped – a worker's head with a hammer turned to the right, with the fineness number "875" and the district code letter represented by the Greek letter "delta"; the restoration mark of the Moscow Jewelry and Watch Factory of 1955 – "МЮ5-Р".
The tea glass holder is made of silver, cylindrical, executed in the form of profiled ring-shaped base and glass-retaining sleeve, connected to each other by S-shaped handle and two vertical "bands". The surface of the base is textured, in the form of "waves"; the glass-retaining sleeve and "bands" are formed of rocaille C-scrolls, supplemented with flowers. The handle is decorated with leaves, made of C-scrolls and supplemented in the upper part with thumbpiece in the form of a shell.
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