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A CARVED WOOD IMPERIAL BREAD AND SALT PRESENTATION DISH 1904
Circular, the center with the crowned Imperial monogram of Nicholas II, encircled by the Russian inscription Ego Imperatorskomu Velichestvu / Ot Morshanskago Gorodskovo Obshestva (To His Imperial Majesty / From the Municipality of Morshansk) and dated 1904, the border inscribed in Cyrillic BREAD SALT above a ribbon-tied wreath of oak and laurel. Diameter: 51 cm (20 1/8 in.)
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Moscow in the 1930's by Dr. Adolphus S. Rumreich
Thence by descent
Dr. Adolphus S. Rumreich served as the physician at the United States Embassy in Moscow, Russia from 1935 to 1938. While there, he and his wife, Edna Irene Hall Rumreich, assembled a sizeable collection of Russian pre-revolutionary art and books then being sold by the Soviet government. They often accompanied Ambassador Joseph Davies and his wife, Marjorie Merriweather Post, when they visited Torgsin and other Soviet agencies selling antiques to foreign dignitaries.
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Moscow in the 1930's by Dr. Adolphus S. Rumreich
Thence by descent
Dr. Adolphus S. Rumreich served as the physician at the United States Embassy in Moscow, Russia from 1935 to 1938. While there, he and his wife, Edna Irene Hall Rumreich, assembled a sizeable collection of Russian pre-revolutionary art and books then being sold by the Soviet government. They often accompanied Ambassador Joseph Davies and his wife, Marjorie Merriweather Post, when they visited Torgsin and other Soviet agencies selling antiques to foreign dignitaries.
Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
Result: $6,600 (including premium)
