Bidspirit auction | Russian silver centrepiece, St. Pietersburg,

Russian silver centrepiece, St. Pietersburg, 1859 - Height x width x depth: 10 x 32 x 27 cm. Weight: 615 g. of oval shape with vertical ribs resting on an oval base; gilded on the inside. Hallmarked with the multi-purpose hallmark for silver at a fineness of 84 zolotniks (875/1000) in use in St. Petersburg in 1859, assayer Aleksandr Nikolayevich Mitin.