Pair of Sherbert Cups and Stands

Image credit: The Khalili Collections

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The stems of the cups are decorated with the arms of Moscow, Novgorod and Kazan. Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov founded his firm in St Petersburg in 1867; four years later it was transferred to Moscow, where it continued until the Revolution. As a supplier to the court, it received the imperial Warrant in 1875. The firm's earliest work enamelwork was in champlevé, using a limited number of colours with a predominance of blue. Subsequently, in tandem with other Moscow silversmiths, it progressed to pastel-toned filigree enamel. At the beginning of the twentieth century the firm was particularly noted for combining various enamelling techniques on a single object, as on these cups.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Pair of Sherbert Cups and Stands

Date

1908–1917

Medium

silver-gilt, translucent, opaque champlevé, plique-à-jour & en plein painted enamel

Accession number

778

Work type

Sculpture

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The Khalili Collections

London, Greater London England

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