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Silver Imperial Presentation Trophy by
from Fabergé Collection
by ruzhnikov
Fabergé
Moscow, 1893 struck with maker’s mark K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 88 zolotniks height: 43 cm
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Provenance: Sale Sotheby’s London, 11 June 2008, lot 440
Silver Imperial presentation cup of urn shape on a concave triangular base upheld by three double-headed eagles with spread-out wings, each perched on a polished sphere; the body chased with tapering flutes at the base and wide band of laurel leaves, further set with an applied two-line Cyrillic inscription above and a band of alternating acanthus and anthemion floral design under the lip; th domed cover with tapering flutes surmounted by an Imperial Russian crown. Inscribed in Cyrillic: Imperial Prize / the Moscow Imperial Horse Racing Society.