ANTIQUE SET of SIX RUSSIAN SILVER TABLE SPOONS, 1883
A nice set of Imperial Russian silver spoons made by P. Sazikov - the famous Russian silver master - please see information below.
On the handle, there is a monogram with the letters'A.J.' above the date '1883'.
HALLMARKS: the stamp of the master P. SAZIKOV, the hallmark with the initials 'A.F.' (in Cyrillic) over the date '1883', '84' silver standard stamp, and other Russian hallmarks.
'AF' in Cyrillic is for Agathon FABERGE - jeweller, art collector, SON of the famous jewelry master Peter Karl Gustavovich FABERGE - please see information below.
CONDITION: Overall condition is good. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
LARGE SIZE: L. 6 inches (15.2 cm). Weight: 208 grams.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $3,000 - $4,000.
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WIKIPEDIA: Agathon FABERGE - jeweller, art collector, son of the famous jewelry master Peter Karl Gustavovich FABERGE, creator of FABERGE eggs. World's famous philatelist. He was the brother of Aleksandrine Caroline Koschke, Wilhelmine Charlotte Nicolay, Carl FABERGE and Agatha Emilie FABERGE. He joined his father's house of FABERGE in 1892. From 1887 to 1892, he studied at the German Petri-Schule in St. Petersburg and at the commercial branch of the Wiedemann gymnasium. In May 1895, he entered into his father's business at FABERGE. 1900s - 1910s, he led the affairs of the company with his father and brother Evgeny Karlovich. In 1897 he married the daughter of the Riga merchant Lydia Treiberg. Since 1898 - an expert at the Diamond Room of the Winter Palace, an appraiser of the Loan Fund, an appraiser of His Imperial Majesty. Following the results of the exhibition in Paris in 1900 he was awarded a gold medal. Agathon did 't have enough money and was unjustly accused by his father of stealing, after which their relationship ended and Agathon left Russia. In 1916, his father was unjustly accusing Agathon of large embezzlement of the company's money, after which their relationship ended (only after several years, the former employee of the company Otto Bauer admitted that he was the one who took large amount of money). Agathon opened an antique store with his friend and partner in art business A.K. Rudanovsky.

HISTORY: In the early nineteenth century, there were many important silver firms in Russia. Among these, Sazikov was the earliest. It was founded as a workshop in Moscow by the merchant Pavel Sazikov in 1793, and grew to become a factory by 1810. Pavel 's son Ignatii succeeded him, and opened a branch in Saint Petersburg in 1842, and was accorded the title of court supplier and the right to incorporate the imperial double eagle in the firm's trademark in 1846. Following Ignatii Sazikov's death in 1868, the firm was run by his three sons, Sergei and Pavel in Moscow and Valentin in Saint Petersburg. Although the Saint Petersburg branch closed in 1877, the Moscow branch continued operations for another ten years, until it was taken over by the relatively new firm of Ivan Khlebnikov. During the Sazikov firm's long existence, its productions included high quality silverware, as well as cast-silver sculpture and silver decorated with cloisonne enamels. A Google search of the firm's name today will indicate the magnitude of the firm's output.

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