Antique Imperial Russian Court Silver Serving Spoon Grand Duchess Maria Romanov

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The large and heavy serving spoon has her initials MA surmounted to the crown on the ladle and is fully hallmarked to the bowl with the double headed imperial eagle and in Cyrillic EHenrichsen the kokoshnik assay mark and 84 zolotnik mark. Henrichsen was a silversmith in St Petersburg. Size: 22 x 5 cm approx. Photos form part of the description.

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