FIVE RUSSIAN 875 STANDARD SILVER AND GILT DINING ARTICLESby various makers, 18th-19th centuriesComprising a creamer with gilt interior by Thomas Sohka, St. Peterburg, 1853, a small silver-gilt dipper (kovsh), chased with mythological reserves and with ornate handle by the firm of Sazikov St. Petersburg, 1880s, a parcel gilt repoussé salt cellar, 1762, a footedpote with gilt interior by Carl Magnus Stahle, St. Petersburg, 1836, and a salt cellar with gilt-washed interior and twisted rope design around the rim marked for Irkutsk, 1780;length of kovsh 5 1/2in (14cm); total silver weight approximately 16oz troy.