Игнатий Сазиков (Ignatiy Sazikov) antique 84th silver lady’s purse, Russian Imperial, 1850-1917. First seal: Artist: И. С. Игнатий Сазиков = Ignatiy Sazikov, Moscow (coat of arms -St George the Victorious) Second seal (upside down): 84 -from Saint Petersburg (Coat of arms- 2 Anchors) Пробирный мастер по серебру П.Т. (Silver master assay initials P.T.). That was a seal for the goods imported into Saint Petersburg in 1850-1900. The coat of arms of Saint Petersburg is a heraldic red shield with an image on its field of two silver anchors - a sea anchor and a river anchor, laid crosswise, and on them a golden scepter with a double-headed eagle. Length: 3.25 inches = 8 cm; Width: 2.75 inches = 7 cm Weight: 117.8 g; Provenance: brought to USA by Russian immigrants after 1917. Ignaty Sazikov is remembered for his desire to modernise the craft of silverwork. Sazikov had an early introduction into silverwork. His father, Pavel Fedorovich Sazikov, was a silversmith and jeweller with a firm in Moscow. As a young boy, Ignaty began apprenticing to his father, from whom he learnt the ins and outs of the craft. Upon his father’s death in 1830, Ignaty took over his father’s Moscow workshop and opened a factory and school for eighty trainee gold- and silversmiths in St Petersburg. Production was focused on tablewares and vertu in the Neo-Russian style, figurative and sculptural works depicting historical and genre scenes, and jewellery. Ignatii Pavlovich Sazikov (1793-1868) was the son of the founder of the eponymous firm which opened in Moscow in 1793, and which became a court manufacturer in 1837. In 1842, Ignatii Pavlovich set up a branch in St. Petersburg where the firm supplied important works in silver to the court. This work dates from the mid-19th century and is a rare example of jewelry by the firm. A silver, nephrite and enamel casket, Sazikov, St Petersburg, 1875 Sotheby’s Auction Closed June 4, 12:28 PM EDT Estimate 40,000 - 60,000 GBP https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/russian-works-of-art-faberge-icons/a-silver-nephrite-and-enamel-casket-sazikov-st?locale=en