Silver and vermeil mug with appliques decoration. Moscow, 1840. The body bears three circular medallions in appliqué: in the center, opposite the socket, the frontal portrait of His Imperial Highness Alexander Nikolaevich (future Alexander II) surrounded on the left by the medallion with the profile of Emperor Nicholas I and on the right by the medallion with the profile of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Between the medallions, two angels. The whole resting on garlands. The foot is screwed on. Hallmarks: 84, Moscow 1840, assayer "?Д" (Nikolai Lukich Dubrovin or Ilya Fedorovich Dubinin) and silversmith " НГ" (Nikolai Glazunov?). Height: 12 cm; diameter at neck: 10.4 cm; weight: 297 g. Czesarevich Alexander Nikolaevich is depicted in the uniform of the Atamansky Regiment of the Guard, of which he has been the chief since 1827. It should be noted that the title on his medallion is prior to 1831. Michel Brodsky Collection - lots from 92 to 154 [Russian art]