Antique Imperial Russian Silver Gilt Cloisonne Tea Caddy Spoon Moscow 1880 Drawings & Prints 137 cm X 106

137 cm X 106

dowry coffer

or "Ormeaux" in French

The slightly domed pen box is lavishly inlaid with gold and silver to both the exterior and interior

palmettes and garlands

Antique Imperial Russian Silver Gilt Cloisonne Tea Caddy Spoon Moscow 1880 Drawings & Prints 137 cm X 106A fine antique Russian Imperial silver gilt & cloisonne enamel tea caddy spoon, Moscow, circa 1880. The shovel shaped spoon having a gilded ground, the handle and rear of the spoon is finely decorated with multicolored floral cloisonne, with jewel tone colors of blue, turquoise, ivory and red. The spoon stem having turned and gilded decoration, the spoon is stamped to the rear of the stem with the maker's marks, silver mark of 84 and the mark for