172. Silver plate for bread with the image of the Moscow Kremlin. Pavel Ovchinnikov. Moscow 1891.

An oval-shaped silver bread plate imitating embossed bast weaving and basket weaving. The plate is decorated with a snag, made in the form of a large woven napkin. The napkin is decorated with a relief flower-leaf pattern and an architectural landscape depicting the Moscow Kremlin. The edges of the napkin are decorated with a long fringe. The bowl of the plate rests on a convex round pedestal in cross section. Two handles of the plate are made in the form of a twisted rope. The surface of the decorative napkin is gilded. Silver, stamping, embossing, embossing, engraving, gilding. Russian Empire, Moscow. 1891 P. Ovchinnikov`s firm. Hallmark: P. Ovchinnikov`s firm in the form of the letters P.O in a square shield., assay mark in the form of a fraction, in the numerator of which are the letters A.A, and in the denominator the year of assaying is 1891; silver sample - 84 in a square plate; index of the Moscow Assay Chamber in the form of an image of George the Victorious on a horse (oriented to the left) in a figured shield. Assay master - Artsybashev A.A. Dimensions: height - 8.5 cm, width - 25 cm, length - 39 cm. Weight - 0.793 kg