157. * Covered sugar pot and creamer in niello silver and vermeil 84 zolotniks (875 thousandths) A Russian Gilded Silver and Niello Covered Sugar Bowl and Creamer 84 zolotniks makers mark in Cyrillic 'MC' for Mikhail Sokolov, Moscow, circa 1890 The bodies decorated with foliate scrolls, the circular reserves on the side of each vessel engraved with images of the Moscow Kremlin Cathedrals, the Iverskaya Gates and St. Basil's Cathedral, the sugar bowl with slip-on cover, 84 standard Sugar Bowl height 13cm (5 1/8" in.), weight 595gr.; Creamer high 9.8cm (3 7/8" in.), weigth 205gr. (2) Provenance Acquired by the present owner at Sotheby's New York, Russian Art, 21 April 2010, lot 236 Please note that the weight of the lot is to be considered gross Please note that the indicated weight is gross