RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD WITH A LID Master Carl Magnus Stahle, St Petersburg, Aassay master Dmitry Ilyich Tverskoy, 1841

Raised on three feet. Bulbous lower section with floral and rocaille decorations. Curved handle. Flat lid with floral finial on a leaf rosette Hallamarks: 84 standard, city mark of St Petersburn, assay master’s initials in Cyrillic ‘DT’ (Dmitry Ilyich Tverskoy) above the date 1841, maker’s mark (Carl Magnus Stahle) H. 16 cm gross weight: 400 gr.