RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT CREAMER WITH HANDLE Workshop of Thomas Sokha, St. Petersburg, 1848

decorative motifs on the rim and on scroll-shaped feet, gilded interior. Hallmarks: 84 silver standard, the coat of arms of the city of St. Petersburg ‘grapnel crossing a scepter’, maker’s mark ‘TS’ for Thomas Sokha (b. 1804 in Finland, d. 1865; from 1836 he became a master silversmith in St. Petersburg. He had a workshop and apprentices ), and assay master's mark in Cyrillic ‘D.T’ for Tverskoy Dmitry Ilich (1834-1850) above the date ‘1842’ 13.5 x 14.5 cm gross weight: 196 gr.