This fine antique Russian silver basket has a circular rounded form onto a circular collet style spreading foot.
The body of this Russian silver basket is embellished with bright cut engraved stylised floral and rosette motifs amidst foliate ornamentation.
The decoration to the body incorporates an oval cartouche displaying the engraved initials 'TC'.
The upper rim is encircled with an applied interlacing border.
The basket retains the original hallmarked plain swing handle.
The hallmarks to this fine Russian basket include:
Maker's mark: Untraced
Kokoshnik mark: Ivan Sergeyevich Lebedkin (Moscow)
Silver quality/purity mark: 84 (84 zolotniks*)
* 84 zolotniks is equivalent to 875/1000 or .875 standard silver
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Maker: Untraced Maker's Mark