Pair of 1885 Russian Silver Spoons by Ivan Alexeyev
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Parcel Gilt - An item or component that is partially gilded, the purpose of the gilding being to accentuate the decoration. For example a silver vessel may have gilded highlights, or the leg of a table or chair may have gilded carvings.
- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
Two silver spoons, a Georg Jensen sugar spoon, and a serving spoon. (2)
Two Russian silver ladles, gilt bowls, engraved bowl backs. (2)
A pair of Victorian sterling silver and gilt apostle spoons, 1871 London, with maker's marks for Henry Holland, the large shallow gilt washed bowls with pronounced rat tail styled backs with tapering chamfered stems to gilt washed cast and chased apostle f
A pair of sterling silver apostle spoons. 1897 London, with maker's marks for William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman. The fine gilt washed spoons of typical form having twisted stems, apostle finials, the throats embellished with figures and mascarons; in