Set of 6 spoons russian silver 84 Ivan Khlebnikov

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Set of 6 spoons russian silver 84 Ivan Khlebnikov:
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Set of 6 spoons russian silver 84 Ivan Khlebnikov100% originalLength 13,5 cmTotal weight 107g 100 % ORIGINALIvan Khlebnikov-Jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith, industrialist, merchant.Hallmark: И•Х or ИХ or ИПХ or XB or ХЛѢБНИКОВЪ or ТвоХЛѢБНИКОВЪ in a rectangle. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a jewellery merchant called Pyotr Khlebnikov (1819). Worked in his father’s shop (1830s) and elected a merchant of the first guild (1840s). Collaborated with Gasse in St Petersburg (1850s) and founded a firm of jewellers (1865), employing his sons Mikhail, Nikolai and Alexei (1866) and opening two outlets on Silver Row in Moscow (1867–69). Moved to Moscow (1870), where he opened a factory in the Naryshkin House on the corner of 1 Ryumin Lane and 2 Upper Bolvanovka (now Radischev) Street on Shvivaya Hill (1871). Made new objects for existing imperial services in theGatchinaPalace,Anichkov PalaceandWinter Palacein St Petersburg (1870s) and fifty religious ornaments for the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow (1870s). Appointed official purveyor toGrand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich(1872) andGrand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich(1877). Made works for the wardrobe of the futureEmpress Maria Fyodorovna(1873) and a liquor set presented by the Russian Merchant House of St Petersburg to Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany (1873). Opened outlets in the Heated Trading Rows at 3 Ilinka Street and the Solodovnikov Passage on Kuznetsky Most in Moscow (1870s–80s) and a shop in the Engelhardt House on the corner of 30Nevsky Prospektand 16Catherine CanalEmbankment in St Petersburg (1877). Awarded the title of official purveyor to the rulers of Denmark, Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro (1877–79) and to the imperial court of Russia (1879). Employed first-guild merchant Vladimir Suvorov (1878) and formed a trading house calledI. P. Khlebnikov, Sons & Co(1880). Opened schools of design and sculpture for thirty-five students and employed two hundred craftsmen (1880). Died and buried at the St Andronikos Monastery of the Saviour in Moscow (1881), where his work was continued by his sons and other partner (1881–1918)