AUGUST 2024 SALE OF FINE ARTS & COLLECTIBLES

A LATE 19TH CEN. RUSSIAN ENGRAVED PARCEL-GILT SILVER CANDY BOX

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Start price: $700

Estimated price: $900 - $1,100

Buyer's premium:

Late 19th-century Russian candy bowl with a matched lid. The exterior is decorated with delicate engraved floral patterns. Flanked by two flat openwork handles and raised on four feet. Gold-washed interior. Hallmarked with an 84 Russian silver standard, a female head in a kokoshnik, the Cyrillic hallmark "VI" possibly belongs to the master Vasily Ivanovich Ivanov, the owner of a silverware factory founded in 1870. Some items with this hallmark are in the collection of the State Historical Museum.

Weight: 18.6 oz., 524 g.

9 1/4 x 5 x 4 in., (23 x 12.5 x 10 cm.)

Condition: Very good with minor signs of wear and age.