Comprising a punch bucket with a swing-handle, cast and chased with images of the bogatyrs and Russian inscription 'Bogatyr Outpost', the top border set with cabochon chrysoprases and chalcedonies, six cups and a ladle, similarly decorated, and a circular silver-mounted onyx stand on four bun feet, the bucket is engraved with a dedication inscription in Russian '[To] Alexander Alexandrovich Iozefovich / 1880 1/XII 1910 / V.A. Emer', marked throughout with maker's mark
The stand, 12³⁄₈ in. (31.5 cm.) diameter; the bucket, 7¹⁄₂ in. (19 cm.) high, excluding handle
45 oz. (1,411 gr.) gross, without the stand

A gift to Alexander Iozefovich (1850–193?), owner and editor-in-chief of the Kharkiv newspaper Southern Land, presented in 1910 by the merchant V. A. Emer on the occasion of the publication’s 30th anniversary.
Acquired by the family of the present owner in the 1930s in England.

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Alexander Iozefovich was the owner and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Southern Land (Yuzhny Kray), published in Kharkiv, Ukraine, from 1880 to 1919. Southern Land was a daily newspaper covering social, literary, and political affairs.

The present punch set was presented to Alexander Iozefovich on 1 December 1910 by the Kharkiv paper merchant V. A. Emer to mark the 30th anniversary of Southern Land. Although little is known about Emer, his name appears on a pre-revolutionary advertisement for the Finnish paper company 'Kymmene', indicating that he served as their representative and presumably supplied paper to the newspaper.