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AUCTION 53: A NEW YORK ART FALL SALE
Lot 31:
The cut crystal inkwells are cut in diamond patterns and feature domed silver covers, standing atop a rectangular silver base raised on four legs. Each inkwell rim is marked with 84 Russian silver standard, workmaster’s mark ‘VK’ in Cyrillic for Vasily Kangin silversmith, 1898-1908, and a pair of kokoshniks. The stand is marked to the underside with 84 standard, maker’s mark ‘V. MOROZOV’ in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant, workmaster’s Cyrillic mark ‘VK.’
Late 19th-century.
Note: The "I.E. Morozov" trading house was the largest jewelry and gold-silver firm-shop of pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg. The company was founded in 1849 by Ivan Yekimovich Morozov, a goldsmith, a merchant of the first guild. The trading house located in Gostiny Dvor owned its jewelry workshop and a specialized workshop for silverware production.
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Dimensions: Base: 13 x 7 1/2 in., (33 x 19 cm.)
Condition: Excellent.
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