Lot 92
  • 92

A Russian silver five-piece tea and coffee service, Moscow, 1834

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • silver, mammoth ivory
  • width of bowl 6 5/8 in., 17.5 cm
comprising coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, and waste bowl; in the Neoclassical taste, with Greek key borders and applied classical busts, with unidentified workmaster's Cyrillic initials PL (Postnikova-Loseva no. 2811), 84 standard

Condition

some small rubs and denting consistent with age and use; the handle of the creamer with some losses, the ivory handles and finials with cracking throughout.
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