2050/​8630

Grigory Lakomkin (, Moskva)

Two round Russian silver tripod salt cellars. Grigory Lakomkin, cyrillic assayer mark VA, Moscow town mark 1771. Weight 99 g. Diam. 6 and 7.5 cm. (2).

Provenance: The Danish Envoy and Consul General Hans Poul Hoffmeyer (1893–1962). Secretary of Legation in Vienna, Berlin, Moscow and Warzaw in the 1920s, later Counsellor of the Legation in Berlin, Paris, Turkey, Israel and Greece, and finally Consul General in Hamburg from 1954. Hoffmeyer's interest in collecting silver was pervasive and he acquired items in all the cities he lived. Thence by descent with residence in Denmark, until today.

Condition

Minor dents, scratches and marks.

Auction

Russian theme, 7 December 2020

Category

Silver ▸ Russia

Estimate

2,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

1,150 DKK  

4 bids

When Bidder Bid
1,150 DKK
(Auto bid) 1,100 DKK
1,050 DKK
1,000 DKK