TWO RUSSIAN ENAMEL CORONATION BEAKERS FOR CZAR NICOLAS II,1896. Each bearing the armorial crest for Czar Nicolas within a Slavic style banding; enamel chips to rims, rusting and hole to base of one - 4 in. high. Estimate $300-500
See 'Nicholas and Alexandra', by Robert Massie, New York, 1967, pg. 55 which mentions these cups: 'Cartloads of enameled cups, each stamped with the Imperial seal, were to be given away as souvenirs, and the authorities had ordered hundreds of barrels of free beer.'
