A harlequin set of Imperial Russian silver 84 flatware possi...

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£1,000 - £1,200

A harlequin set of Imperial Russian silver 84 flatware possibly mostly assayed by Anotoly Apollonovich Artsybashev, fiddle pattern design, comprising of nine dinner spoons. 22cm. long; ten dessert spoons, 17.8cm. long; nine forks, 16.6cm. long; twelve teaspoons / coffee spoons, 11.6cm. long, together with various other maker's and assays, fifteen forks, 16.6cm. long; seventeen various teaspoons, 14.6cm. long; fourteen knives with stainless Germany blades, 20.4cm. long, all with various inscriptions, weight without knives 95 tr.oz. (86)Provenance: By repute this silver was taken out of Russia and into Finland by Zinadia Mackenzie-Kennedy (nee Zinaida Iakovlevna Koriakova, 1888-1972) after her escape from the Lubyanka Prison, Moscow. More information can be found in the Leeds University Russian Archive, LRA/MS 1881.