Lot 405 :
Sold for £160 hammer
Estimate £60-£100
A late 19th to early 20th Century Russian white metal cup of cylindrical form with applied decoration of two Russian figures in a chariot driven by three horses along an engraved tree lined road, the cup with raise pierced heart fringe border and beaded rim, conforming foot rim and angular handle with thumb rest, engraved Dr J G Black, A Siberian Memento from his friend, Capt. Wiggins F.R.G.S Arctic Explorer, June 1905, height 10cm, marks for Moscow, maker Varvara Baladanova, A/F. Literature: JOHNSON, H. 1907. The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S: Modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia based on his journal and letters. London: John Murray
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