A Russian silver creamer standing on three supports. Indistinct heart shaped cyrillic makers mark, assayer Stefan Belkin, alderman Fedor Petrov, Moscow town mark 1781. Weight 137 g. H. 11.5 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.
Wear due to age and use. Minor dents, scratches and marks. Two supports askew.
Russian theme, 7 December 2020
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