A PARCEL-GILT SILVER STIRRUP CUP
RUSSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Realistically cast and chased as a dog's head, with a gilt interior, bearing later Fabergé marks
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high
7 oz. (217 gr.)
For an almost identical stirrup cup by Nicholls and Plincke with the workmaster's mark of Robert Kokhun, see G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 54, no. 32.