a parcel-gilt and niello charka from the chicherin service
Tobolsk, 1719, assaymaster Lev Vlassov and Cyrillic unrecorded marks P.Ch
The body with undulating vertical flutes and an irregular cartouche nielloed against a stippled ground containing the monogram D.C., the silver-gilt handle and feet formed as a branch with leaves and buds (slightly dented)