Silver and Enamels Tea Strainer, URSS, 1940

Tea strainer with handle, in 84 Zolotnik silver, gilded and decorated with floral and geometric enamels, cloisonné in white, blue, purple and red. Moscow, Russia, 1884.

Tea strainer with long handle, in gilded silver with smooth and perforated cup, phytiform peduncle and engraved laurel to decorate the everted edge. Handle with smooth attachment whi...

An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Russian silver gilt and polychrome cloisonné enamel tea strainer; an addition to our silver tea ware collection. This exceptional vintage Russian silver gilt and polychrome cloisonné enamel tea strainer has a circular rounded form. The bowl of the tea strainer is embellished with a pierced concentric circular design, encircled with Dual bands of white enamel bead motifs to the rim. The tapering handle is embellished with an impressive cloisonné enamel floral and foliate design in tones of blue and green, accented with further bands of white enamel circular motifs encompassing the concave thumb piece. The enamel segments are encompassed with applied silver paralleling rope twist ornamentation. This fine Russian silver enamel tea strainer retains the original gilding. The hallmarks to the reverse surface of the bowl include: Maker's mark: ??? (Untraced) Soviet silver...

Cohr tea strainer in silver. Mid-20th century. Measure: Length: 14.3 cm. Stamped. In excellent condition. Our skilled Georg Jensen silversmith / goldsmith can polish all silver a...