Pair of goblets on foot. Moscow, 1875.
Goblets in vermeil, silver and niello. 
On the neck two Russian sayings: "Врешь, не пьешь, маленкую пропустишь" (You claim, [that] you don't drink, [but] you'll swallow a small one) on one and "Пилъ во всю ночь, пока была мочь" (I drank all night, while I could) on the other.
Hallmarks: 84, Moscow 1875, assayer "А-С" (Alexander Alexeevich Smirnov) and silversmith "ИX" (Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov) and for one with the arms of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, whose supplier he was.
Height: 8.6 cm; diameter: 5 cm; total weight: 105 g

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Lot no. 182

Pair of goblets on foot. Moscow, 1875. Goblets in vermeil, silver and niello. On the neck two Russian sayings: "Врешь, не пьешь, маленкую пропустишь" (You claim, [that] you don't drink, [but] you'll swallow a small one) on one and "Пилъ во всю ночь, пока была мочь" (I drank all night, while I could) on the other. Hallmarks: 84, Moscow 1875, assayer "А-С" (Alexander Alexeevich Smirnov) and silversmith "ИX" (Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov) and for one with the arms of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, whose supplier he was. Height: 8.6 cm; diameter: 5 cm; total weight: 105 g [Russian art]

Estimate
€500 - €600
Result
€1,714
Buyer's premium
30%
Pair of goblets on foot. Moscow, 1875. Goblets in vermeil, silver and niello. On the neck two Russian sayings: "Врешь, не пьешь, маленкую пропустишь" (You claim, [that] you don't drink, [but] you'll swallow a small one) on one and "Пилъ во всю ночь, пока была мочь" (I drank all night, while I could) on the other. Hallmarks: 84, Moscow 1875, assayer "А-С" (Alexander Alexeevich Smirnov) and silversmith "ИX" (Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov) and for one with the arms of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, whose supplier he was. Height: 8.6 cm; diameter: 5 cm; total weight: 105 g [Russian art]
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