320 - SAUCER

SAUCER Nielloed silver — Moscow Small silver saucer (or bottle coaster) with nielloed decoration: in the center, within a medallion, a view of a bustling city featuring a bell tower and rooftops among trees above a city wall; surrounded by six lobed medallions alternating with hatched latticework, on a nielloed trellis background. The rim is plain. Silver 84 zolotniki (875 ‰). Moscow, dated 1874; fine silver hallmark, assayer’s mark “ВС” of Viktor Savinkov; master’s mark illegible. Moscow, 1874. Diameter: 10.6 cm — Weight: 78.2 g.