Eight Russian .875 Silver and Niello Items

Description:

Eight Russian .875 Silver and Niello Items, 19th century, seven Moscow: six teaspoons, c. 1844, with maker's mark "CC" possibly for S.V. Sivokhin, and a tea strainer, c. 1864, by Anton Mikhailovich Chevarzin; and snuffbox from Veliky Ustyug, c. 1819, with figural cartouches and unknown maker's mark "CC," approx. 8.9 troy oz. total.
Estimate $500-700

Spoons with losses to niello throughout. Tea strainer with some losses to niello around upper edge. Snuffbox with some scattered pitting to niello and several small areas of chipped loss and small areas of rubbed loss (all unobtrusive),joint to stationary side of joint loose (whole lid can come off),still sits well.


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