Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

208 A Russian silver Kiddush cup, maker’s mark worn, assay master Nikolay Nikolayevich Korbitsky, Moscow, 1887 engraved with alternating diamond-shaped panels of foliage and buildings enclosed by geometric motifs, raised on a stepped spreading foot, dents, 95g, 13,8cm high R4 000–6 000 208 209 A Russian silver beaker, unidentified maker B Б , assay master possibly Ivan Yefimovich Konstantinov, Moscow, 1882 cylindrical, later engraved with a cartouche with initials and the date 1 October 1912, enclosed by the inscription ‘Drink to Health’ in Cyrillic, within crenellated borders, gilt interior, 55g, 5,7cm high R4 000–6 000 210 A Russian silver Kiddush cup, maker’s mark worn, assay master Anatoly Apollonovich Artsybashev, Moscow, 1892 engraved with panels of buildings and foliage, dents 35g, 8,7cm high; and another, assay master Aleksandr Kazimirovich Vyrzhikovsky (active 1899- 1908, Kiev and Warsaw), similarly engraved, minor dents, distortions, 20g, 8cm high (2) R2 500–3 000 210 209 78