Bidspirit auction | A PAIR OF RUSSIAN SILVER

A PAIR OF RUSSIAN SILVER BUSTS OF NICHOLAS II AND ALEXANDRA BY MOROZOV - A pair of Morozov silver busts of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, St. Petersburg, Russia, circa 1896. Each bust is raised on a fluted column centered with an oval plaque bearing imperial ciphers below foliate swags. Nicholas is depicted in full dress uniform, Alexandra in a ruffled gown and tiara. Hallmarks: 84 silver standard, an assay mark with the Cyrillic initials A.Sh. with crossed anchors mark for St. Petersburg under the date 1896, Morozov in Cyrillic. Weight: 135 oz., 3830 g. H: tallest: 15 3/4 in, (40 cm.) Condition: Perfect.