A Russian 19th c. silver coaster, maker's mark OB, assayer Andrei Antonovich Kovalski 1843, Moscow town mark, standard 84. Diam. 12 cm. A silverplated coaster; a silver pill box, unmarked. Further, a Danish medicin cup, maker Julius Rudolph Hogrefe, Vejle 1841–1872. L. 12 cm. (4)
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. Wine coaster engraved. Pill box missing niello.
Russian theme, 7 December 2020
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