A GROUP OF CLOISONNÉ, CHAMPLEVÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL SILVER-GILT FLATWARE

A GROUP OF CLOISONNÉ, CHAMPLEVÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL SILVER-GILT FLATWARE

VARIOUS MAKERS, RUSSIA, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Comprising twelve knives and forks, enamelled with scrolling foliage and engraved with Cyrillic initial \'P\', mark of Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, circa 1890; twelve teaspoons, similarly enamelled, maker\'s mark Cyrillic \'EO\', Moscow, 1908-1917; four coffee spoons, mark of Nikolay Alekseev, Moscow, 1908-1917; a large spoon, enamelled with the Imperial double-headed eagle, marked \'Grachev\', maker\'s mark Cyrillic \'AP\', St Petersburg, circa 1890; a tea-strainer, mark of the 11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917; eight other pieces by various makers and dates; together with eleven Soviet silver-gilt teaspoons, Kiev, circa 1950s, and ten modern silver and enamel butter knives, bearing Russian marks

8 5⁄8 in. (22 cm.) long, and smaller