Antique Large Silver Imperial Russian Cloisonne Spoon Alexi Kitovsky Moscow 1886 Drawings & Prints with houses and row boats

with houses and row boats by the lakeside

Albert Fitch Bellows

Above the backsplats each chair has an aperture to place the hand through to lift or move the chair with ease

the tray likely made in Damascus

a rare and highly important piece of early American furniture

Antique Large Silver Imperial Russian Cloisonne Spoon Alexi Kitovsky Moscow 1886 Drawings & Prints with houses and row boatsAntique Imperial Russian large silver gilt cloisonne spoon by Alexi Fyodorovich Kitovsky, Moscow, 1886. The spoon with a tapered stem and having a crown shaped finial with blue & white enamel decoration, the rest of the stem with two light and dark blue enamel cuffs. The bowl of the spoon is large (7cm x 4. 25 cm) & has a gold wash, the rear of the spoon is finely decorated with a gold ground and having both floral & geometric cloisonne decoration,