RARE ANTIQUE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN VERMEIL SILVER DRINK LIQUOR SET BY SAZIKOV 1861

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RARE ANTIQUE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN VERMEIL SILVER DRINK LIQUOR SET BY SAZIKOV 1861:
$5560.00

EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE GILT SILVER ( VERMEIL ) RUSSIAN SILVER DRINK LIQUOR SET COMPROMISING 6 CUPS AND A BALL FOOTED TRAY, MADE AND STAMPED BY SAZIKOV AND STAMPED WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT ALSO STAMPED BY ASSAYER, IVAN VASILYEVICH AVDEYEV AND MOSCOW CITY MARK ON ALL 7 PIECES. TOTAL WEIGHT OF 1450 GRAMS AND TRAY 11 3/4\" WIDE AND CUPS 2 1/4\" WIDE. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR THE AGE OF OVER 150 YEARS WITH A LITTLE WEAR TO THE VERMEIL ON THE TRAY AND A LITTLE IN-PRESSED TO ONE OF THE BALLS OF FOOT.Supplier to the Imperial Court, Sazikov was one of the finest silver firms in Imperial Russia.Only Sazikov and Karl Fabergefrom St. Petersburg were the2 jewelrymaker masters allowed to make jewels for the Royal Palace, Emperror / King and Royal Family with a special decree. The country\'s biggest jewelry firm provided for the needs of the royalcourt and wasallowed to stamp its wares with the state coat of arms. It was founded by Pavel Sazikov and took its beginning from a workshop and shop which he opened in Moscow in 1810. Its work was continued by his heirs. His son Ignaty Sazikov opened a branch of the workshop in St. Petersburg and, as evidenced by documents, was honoured with a gold medal with the inscription \"For fine service\" for his \"unquestionable services... and the zeal with which he maintained the honour of his firm which held precedence throughout Russia in the production of items of gold and silverware, earning fame not only inside the country but also beyond its borders.