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ONE, MARK OF VASILY TARASOV, MOSCOW, 1887; THE OTHER, MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘N.Z.’, MOSCOW, 1886
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TWO SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SALT THRONES
ONE, MARK OF VASILY TARASOV, MOSCOW, 1887; THE OTHER, MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘N.Z.’, MOSCOW, 1886
Both of traditional form, on four ball feet, the backs cast and chased in the form of a traditional izba, with geometric and pan-Slavic design, one enamelled overall in white, red, dark blue and turquoise, the other inscribed in Russian ‘From the Priestless Old Believers [Bespopovtsy], a custodian and members of the Preobrazhenskiy poorhouse committee in Moscow’, both marked throughout
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high
ONE, MARK OF VASILY TARASOV, MOSCOW, 1887; THE OTHER, MAKER’S MARK CYRILLIC ‘N.Z.’, MOSCOW, 1886
Both of traditional form, on four ball feet, the backs cast and chased in the form of a traditional izba, with geometric and pan-Slavic design, one enamelled overall in white, red, dark blue and turquoise, the other inscribed in Russian ‘From the Priestless Old Believers [Bespopovtsy], a custodian and members of the Preobrazhenskiy poorhouse committee in Moscow’, both marked throughout
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high
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