A RUSSIAN CUT-GLASS SILVER-MOUNTED INK WELLS BY MOROZOV

A RUSSIAN CUT-GLASS SILVER-MOUNTED INK WELLS BY MOROZOV

The cut crystal inkwells are cut in diamond patterns and feature domed silver covers, standing atop a rectangular silver base raised on four legs. Each inkwell rim is marked with 84 Russian silver standard, workmaster's mark 'VK' in Cyrillic for Vasily Kangin silversmith, 1898-1908, and a pair of kokoshniks. The stand is marked to the underside with 84 standard, maker's mark 'V. MOROZOV' in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant, workmaster's Cyrillic mark 'VK.'Late 19th-century.Note: The "I.E. Morozov" trading house was the largest jewelry and gold-silver firm-shop of pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg. The company was founded in 1849 by Ivan Yekimovich Morozov, a goldsmith, a merchant of the first guild. The trading house located in Gostiny Dvor owned its jewelry workshop and a specialized workshop for silverware production.

Dimensions: Base: 13 x 7 1/2 in., (33 x 19 cm.)

Condition: Excellent.