A RUSSIAN EIGHT-PIECE PARCEL-GILT SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERV...

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$ 93 750
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27.01.2021 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 76 | A RUSSIAN EIGHT-PIECE PARCEL-GILT SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERV...
A RUSSIAN EIGHT-PIECE PARCEL-GILT SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
VARIOUS MAKERS, INCLUDING IVAN KHLEBNIKOV, ROBERT KOKHUN AND MAKER'S MARK 'JH', ST. PETERSBURG, 1874-1879
Comprising a samovar, a teapot, a coffee-pot, a creamer, a sugar-bowl, a bowl, tongs, and a serving tray; all in neo-Russian style, the samovar of traditional form, on three cockerel feet, the body with alternating reeded bands, the spout shaped as a cockerel's head, the detachable cover and lower rim decorated with openwork Russian sayings, the handles modeled as stylized cockerels connected with wood joints, centering a Cyrillic monogram ‘EK’ beneath a coronet, gilt interior; the tea and coffee service pieces of similar design; the tray engraved overall with strapwork motifs and centering a monogram; the tongs modelled as claws; the bowl, teapot, coffee-pot and samovar with replacement insulators, marked throughout
The samovar, 18 ¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high
368 oz. (11,442.6 gr.) gross weight
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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