Bidspirit auction | Russian Imperial 84 silver Cross


Russian Imperial 84 silver Cross Ladanka, by goldsmith Pavel Sazikov, 1793-1830 - PAVEL Fedorovich Sazikov - supplier of the Russian Imperial Court in 1793-1830; Height: 43 mm; Width: 28 mm; Weight: 16.3 g; Age: circa 1830; Pavel Sazikov: born circa 1770, Vokhna (Moscow Province); Died: 1845, Moscow; Movements: Empire Imperial Russian Jewellery 19th–20th Centuries; Jeweller, silversmith, goldsmith, engraver, merchant. Hallmark: ?? or ???????? in a rectangle. Born in the family of a serf called Fyodor Yermolaevich in the village of Vokhna (now Pavlovsky Posad) in Moscow Province (c. 1770). Moved with his family to Moscow (1796), where he qualified as a merchant of the third guild (late 1790s) and opened a workshop (before 1804). Adopted the surname of Sazikov (1811). Awarded the workshop to his son Ignaty (1830) and died in Moscow (1845). http://www.rusartnet.com/biographies/russian-artists/19th-century/early-19th-century/jeweller/pavel-sazikov https://www.rbth.com/longreads/russian-imperial-jewelers/ https://www.proantic.com/en/display.php?mode=obj&id=165392 4,600 euro