Lot 287
287
A LARGE SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BEAKER
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A LARGE SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BEAKER

MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1887

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A LARGE SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BEAKER
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1887
Tapering cylindrical, on a spreading domed circular foot, the body repoussé and enamelled with varicolour scrolling foliage and birds set among blooms, within blue bead and ropework borders, on a gilt-stippled ground, marked under base
11 in. (28 cm.) high
Provenance
By repute, presented to Captain Redford Webster Sargent (1844- 1901) by Emperor Alexander III in 1892 in recognition of his help during the famine of 1891-1892.
Hence by descent.
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Lot Essay

Captain Redford Webster Sargent commanded the vessel that carried wheat and corn to Russia during the famine of 1891-1892. The food was purchased by the Philadelphia Russian Relief Committee and Captain Sargent was asked to take charge of the ship, Indiana, which delivered the cargo.

For an almost identical beaker from the State Historical Museum, Moscow, see I. D. Kostina, Russian Silver XVI – Beginning XX Century, St Petersburg, 2004, p. 188. Another comparable beaker was sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 2009, lot 269.

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