A COMPOSITE SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL TEA SET, VARIOUS MAKERS, MOSCOW AND ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880
Auction Closed
November 26, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A COMPOSITE SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL TEA SET, VARIOUS MAKERS, MOSCOW AND ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880
comprising a tray, coffee pot, jug, creamer, small basket-shaped bowl, larger basket, one teaspoon, one dessert fork and one two-pronged fork, the teapot with ivory insulators, all struck with various maker's marks, 84 standard
(9)
length of tray with handles 74cm, 29⅛in.; height of coffe pot 23cm, 9in.
This lot contains ivory. Due to recent changes in the laws of many countries (e.g.
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