A RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO VODKA CUP WITH A VIEW OF ST. PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, 1840 the vodka cup decorated with medallions of the St. Petersburg Palace Square and a hussar on horseback in front of a ship within a band of scrolling vegetative decoration, the interior gilt, marked with 84 standard, Moscow town mark, date and assayer's mark N.D. in Cyrillic for Nikolai Dubrovin, workmaster's mark A.K. in Cyrillic; overall height: 7.2 cm (2 7/8 in.), weight: 91.2 g (2.920 ozt)