A Russian silver tray, maker's mark of Henrik Petman, Saint Petersburg 1811.
Pierced gallery brim, an engraved pair of lions and leaf ornaments by the handles. Length 60 cm, width 36.4 cm. Weight ca. 1980 g.
Marked: Petman, 84, Saint Petersburg town mark 1811, assay master mark Aleksandr Yashikov, alderman zig-zag line.
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Literature
In the book "St. Petersburgs Juvelerare och Guld- och Silversmeder 1714-1870", publisher Konstsalongens förlag, Helsinki 1951, page 131, L. Bäcksbacka tells us about the Finnish born silversmith as follows (free translation from Swedish):
"Henrik Petman 1805-1818 (-) Born at Pernå. Son of Samuel Petman. Apprenticed with Henrik Petman in Vyborg, master's assistant 1790... Master in Saint Petersburg in 1805, silver worker and guild-brother in the foreign silversmiths guild. Worked for the Court office. Died in 1818, April 2nd.
Works: 1811 tabletop tray for the Imperial yacht, 1811 oval tabletop tray, the Winter Palace, 1814 coffee pot, Anichkov Palace ...."
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