Josif Abramovich Marshak (, Kiev)
A Russian silver teaglass-holder, gilt interior, top rim with applied swans on foliage, angular handle with guilloche decoration. The reverse marked 718. Josif Abramovich Marshak, Kiev 1908–1917, 84 standard. Later Polish hallmarks. Weight 180 g. H. 9 cm.
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.
Normal patina due to age and use, including scratches and marks. Worn gilding.
Russian theme, 7 December 2020
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