A composite silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel tea-set, Lyubavin and Saltykov, St. Petersburg and Moscow, 1894 and 1899-1908

comprising a teapot, a covered sugar bowl, creamer, tea-strainer, six spoons and sugar-tongs all similarly decorated with scrolling floral and foliate motifs on a stippled gilt ground and bordered with blue and white beads, the teapot and sugar bowl with mother of pearl finials, 88 and 84 standard, in Lyubavin wooden case, possibly associated

There is damage to the enamel to the spout of the tea pot and further minor chips in places.
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