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Russian Silver Drinks Tray - Antique 1871

Name: AC Silver
Address: 35b St Georges Terrace, Jesmond, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE2 2SU, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 240 2645
Price range: £100 - £50000

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Russian silver drinks tray; an addition to our ornamental Russian silverware collection

SKU: A7694

Price: £1,645.00

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Russian Silver Drinks Tray - Antique 1871

Description

This fine antique Russian silver tray has an oval shaped form.

The surface of the drinks tray is embellished with engraved floral and foliate sprays incorporating eight circular vacant cartouches subdivided by rosette designs.

The ornamentation to the tray encompasses a large vacant circular cartouche.

The raised rounded border is ornamented with applied moulded decoration to the rim.

This impressive Russian silver tray is fitted with a plain rounded hallmarked handle to either end.

The hallmarks struck to the underside of this tray include:

Maker's mark: Д.И.О (untraced)

Assay mark: A.C *, 1871

Silver quality/purity mark: 84 (84 zolotniks**)

City mark: St George slaying the dragon (Moscow, Russia)

* This assayer could be either Aggey Grigoryevich Svechin or Aleksandr Alekseyevich Smirnov

** 84 zolotniki is equivalent to 875/1000 or .875 standard silver

Learn about Russian hallmarks

Maker: Untraced Maker's Marks

Date: 1871

Origin: Moscow, Russia

Condition

This antique tray is a very good gauge of silver, excellent quality and in exceptional condition in keeping with age.

The engraved ornamentation is all very crisp.

The Russian silver hallmarks struck to the underside of the salver, each handle and the surface of the rim are very clear.

Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this piece of antique silverware.

Dimensions

Length across handles 38.6cm/15.2"

Width 26.3cm/10.4"

Length of surface 30cm/11.8"

Width of surface 23cm/9.1"

Height 2cm/0.8"

Weight

16.3 troy ounces/506g

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Andrew Campbell started trading in antiques during the 1970s. Initially, Andrew lived in the South of England, travelling the country, searching for items of silver to buy. Andrew sold these items at various London markets and antique fairs. Over time, and through selling at a range of venues, Andrew built up a large and diverse customer base from private buyers to national and international trade customers.