A Russian silver trompe l’oeil tankard, Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, 1888. Tapering cylindrical, chased & engraved in imitation of a wood barrel, the cartouche on the hinged lid engraved in English “Half & Half”, with chairback thumbpiece, the interior of the lid engraved “Charles Merrill, July 22nd, 1893”. Height: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm).