A graceful bowl with an elegant handle.

Silver. On a narrow, slightly tapered base sits an oval bowl with a straight, smooth wall. It is crafted in the form of a basket with a hinged folding handle. Created by the renowned silver master Ivan Sergeevich Lebedkin (1896-1908), master I.F. Sapogov (active since 1896). Weight approximately 485 grams. Height is 17 cm, dimensions 22.5 cm x 16 cm. See Postnikova-Losseva, 1995, number 2531; Goldberg, page 95, illustration 1936. An elegant Russian silver basket-handled cup by I.F. Sapogov (active since 1896). Standard hallmark 84, assay, master's marks from the assay office. Russia. Moscow. Circa 1900.