Lot number 187 - Auction 161
SEHR FEINER TEEGLASHALTER MIT BÄUERLICHER TRINKSZENE

A VERY FINE SILVER-GILT TEA-GLASS HOLDER WITH A PEASANT DRINKING SCENE Russian, Moscow, Pavel Ovchinnikov, 1880 Silver, partially gilt. The cylindrical tea-glass holder repoussé and chased on the front with a peasant scene depicting a woman carrying water buckets and offering water to peasants, the sides decorated in relief with floral ornaments against a stippled ground. Marked under base with city mark, assayer's mark, 84 standard and Cyrillic maker's mark 'P. OVCHINNIKOV' with the Imperial warrant. The underside engraved with a Cyrillic dedicatory inscription dated '25 XII. 1889'. 10.2 cm high, 315 g.