RUSSIAN SILVER & ENAMEL SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS, MC

RUSSIAN SILVER & ENAMEL SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS, MC
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER and ENAMEL SALT and PEPPER SHAKERS`, MC - MARIA SEMENOVA
Beautiful Antique Imperial Russian Salt Cellar, elongated form. Antique Salt Cellar produced 88 solid silver and covered with colored enamel.
The item is in good condition for its age, and did not have any repairs. Imperial typical silver jewellery manufacturing product with beautiful multicoloured coloured enamel from the Russia "Table Salt & Pepper Shakers Set”.
Good condition. Outside parts of the salt shaker decorated by a colored enamel decoration. Typical small scratches as expected on silver of this age. The exterior has a finely detailed engraved image of the oriental ornament. The enamel is essentially perfect, no wear of any kind visible to the unaided eye. The enamel retains beautiful luster throughout. Late 19th C.
The items are very nice made and has a maker marks: Silver marked 88 standard and workmaster's mark MC for Maria Semenova, Moscow, circa 1896-1908, Russian silversmith, Faberge workmaster.
Some experts believe that items made by Maria Semenova can be found in Faberge cases. These items also have engraved numbers and letters, just like the items of independent work masters who produced objects for Faberge but were not part of the House of Faberge.
SIZE: 39 x 39 x 32 mm. Weight: 83.4  grams.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $1300 - $1500. It is a great INVESTMENT.
The items made by Maria Semenova are very expensive: on Sotheby estimated price of $3800-$6400, on Live Auctioneer - sold for $1600 - please see the screenshots.
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HISTORY: Semenova, Maria Wasiliewna. Working in Moscow from about 1890. Her pieces are of outstanding quality, especially in the painting of the cloisons. Her style tends more to the traditional, less often Art Nouveau. The magnificent cloisons of her flowers (on a matted gold grond) are shaded with violet tones. Other typical colours are white and green, with frequent frames of round turquoise pearls. Also from her hand are enamel paintings en plein combined with cloisonne frames. Maria Semyonova inherited her father's factory after his death in 1896. She owned and managed the company but she was not a registered skilled master. Therefore she hasn't made a single thing only maintained the right to use an official maker's mark MC given by the guild. The objects marked with Maria's maker's mark are made by other skilled master working in the company. MC is more a logo/trade mark comparable with e.g. The Faberge mark.