Lot 0165
Russian Silver-Gilt Vodka Tumbler with Guilloché Enamel, Grachev Brothers, St Petersburg, 1908–1917
Estimate: 1000-1200€

A Russian silver-gilt vodka tumbler with guilloché enamel
 St Petersburg, Grachev Brothers manufactory, 1908-1917.
Silver, gilding, guilloché enamel.
Marked: firm’s mark Br. Grachevy; assay mark of St.Petersburg. Weight: 25,1 g. Dimensions: 4,2 x 3,5 x 3,5 cm.
A small tapering vodka cup of elegant, restrained profile, the body entirely covered with translucent pale blue guilloché enamel laid over an engine-turned ground.
The tumbler was produced by the honourable St Petersburg firm of the Brothers Grachev, one of the major Russian silver manufacturers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1866 by Gavriil Petrovich Grachev, the enterprise was continued by his sons Mikhail, Simon, and Grigory, and from 1892 held the prestigious title of supplier to the Imperial Court, reconfirmed in 1901. Although especially renowned for works in the Russian Revival taste, the firm also produced objects in historicist and modern refined table forms, demonstrating a wide range of silversmithing techniques, including enamelling.

Starting price: 800€
Estimate: 1000-1200€
Hammer Price: €

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