A LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVER STIRRUP CUP MARK OF SAMUEL ARNDT, ST PETERSBURG, 1836 Realistically cast and chased as an eagle's talon, the cup with repoussé feathers and bristles under an everted rim, on a spreading foot of four claws, with gilt interior, marked on upper rim 6 ½ in. (16.4 cm.) high 19.52 oz. (607 gr.) Provenance Major General James Barnes (1801-1869), an American railway engineer, executive and consultant to the Moscow - St Petersburg railway. Thence by descent in the family.
A LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVER STIRRUP CUP MARK OF SAMUEL ARNDT, ST PETERSBURG, 1836 Realistically cast and chased as an eagle's talon, the cup with repoussé feathers and bristles under an everted rim, on a spreading foot of four claws, with gilt interior, marked on upper rim 6 ½ in. (16.4 cm.) high 19.52 oz. (607 gr.) Provenance Major General James Barnes (1801-1869), an American railway engineer, executive and consultant to the Moscow - St Petersburg railway. Thence by descent in the family.
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