2050/​8572

Three Russian hors d'oeuvre silver serving pieces, one Pavel Koshieliev, assayer Ivan Sergeyevich Lebedkin, Moscow 1896–1908. Later Polish hallmarks; further, eight minor serving pieces of silver and metal s.a. a cream ladle and fruit knives, Denmark, Germany a.o. 19th century. (11).

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

Wear due to age and use. Dents, loose mounts and chips.

Auction

Russian theme, 7 December 2020

Category

Silver ▸ Russia

Estimate

2,000 DKK

Price realised

Not sold