NOVEMBER 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE

A 19TH C. RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT SERVING TRAY CA. 1830

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Start price: $2,000

Estimated price: $2,500 - $3,500

Buyer's premium:

Fine quality Russia gilt-silver serving tray, rectangular with shaped octagonal corners and raised border engraved with Neoclassical motifs. The rim with chased and engraved foliate decoration, the corners depict scrolled foliage and a lyre, side handles with further repousse decor depicting two cherubs holding a lyre among scrolled foliage.

Hallmarks: 84 silver standard, the Cyrillic maker’s mark ‘PL.’

Circa 1830.

Weight: 140.4 oz., (4000 g.)

30 1/4 x 19 in., (77 x 48 cm.)

Condition: The tray is in good condition overall. Several insignificant scratches. Minor gilding losses to the back.