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RSS FeedsRare gold cup with a Russian royal inscription estimated to fetch £2,000-£3,000 at auction
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21 october 2018 05:44:22

 
Rare gold cup with a Russian royal inscription estimated to fetch £2,000-£3,000 at auction
(Artdaily.org)
 


An ornate gold cup being offered in an auction of Islamic & Indian Art at Chiswick Auctions on October 26th, 2018 bears a remarkable inscription on its’ base: `This cup was granted by His Imperial Majesty the heir to the throne (tsesarevitch) Alexander Nikolaevitch, October 1850`. The person mentioned is Alexander Nikolaevitch (or Nikolayevich) Romanov, Tsar Nicholas I`s heir to the throne. He succeeded to the throne on his father`s death in 1855 and was crowned Tsar Alexander II. He is remembered in Russia to this day as a great reformer and the promoter of the serfs` emancipation in 1861. The young Alexander received a liberal education and differently from his predecessors, he was taken on a six-month tour of Russia in 1837, visiting 20 provinces in the country. His travels continued in the years to come, when he visited


 
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