Cup with lid

silver pr. 84 partially gilded hallmarked (import hallmark with sample 84, Riga city mark and letters P.T in Cyrillic - in oval);
height 37 cm, diameter 12.5 cm; weight 1004 g. (foot weighted).
Germany?, late 19th century.
Richly decorated cup, supported on a circular, profiled, arched foot decorated with relief ornament composed of female masks, channelheads and floral motifs, as well as fish scale and stylized acanthus, with a stem with a vase-shaped nodus decorated with buttons and four c-shaped handles; the bowl high, inside gilded, at the bottom bulging decorated with full-figured heads of goats, puclars and candelabra ornament, above, smooth, conical, with a flared rim, with an applied roll-formed reserve with an engraved dedication: D. v. Wursky [?] / von / Seine Freunden. Cover stepped up repeating the ornament from the foot, topped with a ball knob (minor dents).
A special mark minted on imported goods was introduced in the Russian Empire in 1882 (in force until 1898) and consisted of the sample, the city mark and the letters PT written in Cyrillic letters denoting "Privozhnyy towar".