Elegant handle bowl

Silver. Over narrow, slightly tapered base, oval bowl with straight, smooth wall. Designed in the form of a basket with overlapping, hinged handle. Created by the renowned silversmith Iwan Sergejewitsch Lebedkin (1896-1908), Master I.F. Sapogov (active since 1896). Weighs approximately 485 grams. Height is 17 cm, dimensions are 22.5 cm x 16 cm. See Postnikova-Losseva, 1995, number 2531; Goldberg, page 95, illustration 1936. An elegant Russian silver handled bowl in the shape of a basket by I.F. Sapogov (active since 1896). Standard mark 84, assay, assay master's and master's mark. Russia. Moscow. Circa 1900.