SILVER GILDED SALT THRONE. WORKSHOP OF FYODOR YARTSEV RUSSIA, MOSCOW, 1882

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SILVER GILDED SALT THRONE. WORKSHOP OF FYODOR YARTSEV RUSSIA, MOSCOW, 1882

An exceptional silver and gilded salt cellar in the shape of a throne, made in the Moscow workshop of Fyodor Kirillovich Yartsev in 1882. The architectural composition of the object reproduces the appearance of a Russian hut: the façade is stylized as a log wall with a window in a figured casing, the pediment is decorated with carvings and ornamental motifs. The roof is crowned with decorative ends in the form of symbolic solar signs. The seat of the throne is equipped with a loop and functions as a lid; the inner surface is gilded, decorated with an engraved view of Moscow architecture. Such objects were intended for ceremonial storage of salt and had both a practical and symbolic function.

Hallmarks: Moscow assay mark of 1882 with the initials of the assay master AK - Alexey Alexandrovich Kuchkin, who served in the Moscow Assay Chamber, located above the year 1882; silver hallmark 84 (silver of 84th assay value); city hallmark of the city of Moscow - Saint George, striking the dragon; master`s hallmark FYa in an oval - Fyodor Kirillovich Yartsev, owner of a Moscow silver workshop.

Dimensions: Height 11.5 cm, width 6 cm, depth 6 cm.

Weight: 202 gr.

Condition: Well preserved with a noble patina and natural traces of time; the gilding is evenly preserved, the lid is in good condition.

Origin: Moscow, workshop of Fyodor Kirillovich Yartsev, 1882.

Condition: Good, with traces of use
Style: Romanticism
Country: Russia, Moscow
Period: 19th century
Warranty: Seller Warranty
Material: Silver 84, Gilding
Product sizes: Height - 12cm, Width - 6cm, Depth - 6cm
Location: Gallery "Antiqon", Brivibas street 52, Riga, Latvia
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