Basket, Aleksander Kordes , St. Petersburg, 1864
Description
Silver (84) basket, signed.
Dimensions: 20x21,5x17 cm
Weight: 265 g
Alexander Kordes (Riga 1802-1868) was a Russian goldsmith and jeweler, owner of a workshop and shop. From 1828 he was a guild master. He worked mainly in St. Petersburg. Since 1839 Kordes carried out orders for the Imperial Cabinet, in 1840 he was appointed an official purveyor to the Imperial Russian Court.
Edward Fiedorowicz Brandenburg - assay active in the years 1850-66.