Cup - Silver

A small silver cup made in Imperial Russia in the early twentieth century, decorated in the Art Nouveau style with stamped plant motifs and a central cartouche intended for engraving the owner's initials. The interior is fully gilded. The piece bears full hallmarks on the base and on the side of the handle, including the 84 zolotniks (875/1000) silver purity mark and a maker's initials mark; the maker has not been firmly identified. Height is 7.5 cm and weight is 53 g. Condition is Very Good: the cup presents well overall with light age-related wear, surface patina, and minor scattered abrasions consistent with its age; no dents, cracks, repairs, or losses to the gilding are noted. A household silver keepsake of the late Imperial period, produced for the middle-class market that embraced the Art Nouveau decorative vocabulary in the years before the First World War.

Size: 7.5 cm.