A porcelain tea-set, Gardner Manufactory, circa 1860

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

height of teapot: 12.75cm., 5in

comprising a teapot, a covered sugar-basin, a milk jug, twelve cups and twelve saucers, each painted with similar capriccio landscapes in sepia with gilt borders, with red underglaze factory marks

Provenance

Wartski, London

Catalogue Note

This service was brought back from Russia by Emanuel Snowman, founder of the London branch of Wartskis, on one of his many visits to the Soviet Union before the last war. He pioneered trips to Russian in search of jewellery made by Carl Fabergé and other treasures confiscated by the Soviet authorities following the revolutions of 1917.