A silver dish and cover From the Government Service of Kharkiv

A silver dish and cover From the Government Service of Kharkiv Shallow square-shaped platter with incurved sides and a moulded rim. The body of the conical, stepped cloche decorated with a continuous laurel wreath and palmette frieze, surmounted by a large vase-shaped finial. The platter and cloche with dot-engraved inventory marks “X” for Kharkiv and “P:1”. The platter additionally bears a stamped inventory number “1” from the Winter Palace in St Petersburg; a double-headed eagle is engraved on the exterior of the body. Height 22 cm; length 27.3 cm; total weight 1,920 g. Augsburg, marks of Abraham IV Drentwett, 1781 - 1783.

Category

Silver

Location

Köln

Dimensions

H 22 × L 27.3 cm · weight 1.9 g