A silver trompe l'oeil bell, Moscow, 1887
Lot details
The body cast and engraved as birch bark basket weave, the handle modelled as a balalaika player, engraved with Cyrillic initials IFT and date 30 Marta 1887, struck with partial Cyrillic maker's mark _P or _L, 84 standard
height: 11cm, 4 1/4 in.