Biedermeier silver cream jug. Rectangular stand, merging into a humped body with moulded shoulder and corded rim. Ebonised wooden ear handles. Marked 84, hallmark with date, master moulder Michael Michajlowitsch Karpinskij (1825 - 1838), master Ewstafij Silantjew (becomes master 1810). Weight approx. 130 g. H. 9 cm. 12.5 cm x 7.5 cm. Cf. Goldberg, no. 1179, 1199, 1250. A Russian Biedermeier silver creamer by Ewstafij Silantjew (master since 1810). Standard mark 84, assay, assay master's mark and master's mark. Dated. Russia. St Petersburg 1833.