RUSSIAN 18TH CENTURY SILVER JUG DECORATED WITH HEART ORNAMENT Maker’s mark of Semenov Petr, Russia, Moscow, 1739

Silver, chased, gilt, mount Hallmarks: two-headed eagle with inscription in Cyrillic ‘Moscow’, illegible assay master’s mark ‘A…’ under the year ‘1739’, maker’s mark in Cyrillic ‘PC’ for Semenov Petr The top of the trunk is decorated with the coat of arms in a cartouche with a motif in Latin. Height 34.5 cm, weight 1222 gr. Provenance: Important private collection, Europe