A group of four silver-gilt, champlevé and guilloché enamel sherbet cups and an associated plique-à-jour and cloisonné enamel gilt-metal tazza, Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, circa 1890

the four sherbet cups enamelled on the exterior with blues, white and red in a scrolling and geometric design, the interior of the bowls in red guilloché, over swirling engine turning, the top of the stem enamelled on three sides in red with the coat of arms for Moscow, St Petersburg and Novgorod, with an associated plique-àjour enamel and gilt metal tazza with a scrolling, floral and foliate pattern, the cups struck with AK on the base, 88 standard, the tazza marked for M. Hammer

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height 17cm; 6 3/4 in., and smaller