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Description:
A tankard of exceptional quality, the cover and sides
are chased to simulate oak woodgrain, enhanced with horizontal
polished silver gilt bands. The hinged cover has a crenelated
edge surrounding a circle of dots simulating the rivets of an oak
barrel. With curved handle and thumbpiece, and gilt interior.
By Sazikov, with the Imperial Warrant, St. Petersburg, 1859,
assaymaster Eduard Fedorovich Brandenburg, stamped with the
maker’s mark in full in Cyrillic
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high including thumbpiece.
Sazikov
Supplier to the Imperial Court, Sazikov was one of the finest
silver firms in pre-revolutionary Russia. Founded in Moscow in
1793 by Pavel Fyodorovich Sazikov (d. 1830), a silver engraver,
the company flourished after his death under his son, Ignatii
Pavlovich (1793-1868). A virtuoso
silversmith in his own right, during his tenure the firm
excelled, both in terms of output and quality. An innovator of
ideas and
technique, Ignatii invited painters and sculptors to join the firm,
established a workshop to train eighty apprentices and was the
first Russian silversmith to purchase a tour a guillochage, or
engine turning machine, made in France. Ignatii
received a gold medal in an All Russia Exhibition for a massive
centerpiece featuring the Russian victory against the Mongols at
Kulikovo in 1380. In 1837 Sazikov was awarded the Imperial
Warrant by Tsar Nicholas I, and five years later, opened a branch
in St. Petersburg. The firm also exhibited in numerous World
Fairs
including the London Great Exhibition in 1951 and the 1867
World Exhibition in Paris. By the mid-19th century, Sazikov was
internationally recognized attracting a large number of Western
European clients. The company continued operation until 1887
when it was passed on to Khlebnikov.
For an extensive Sazikov tea and coffee service made for Grand
Duke Constantine Nicholaevich, second son of Emperor Nicholas
I, see Sotheby’s, New York, 21 April 2005, lot 18.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: 188M_8A |
| Condition:
Very good |
Year:
1859
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