Lot 647
  • 647

A Fabergé silver picnic tea-set, Moscow, 1896

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • height of tea-kettle on stand: 20cm., 8in
comprising: a hot-water kettle and stand, a teapot, a cream-jug and a sugar bowl, each centred with crowned initials WH, the handles of the teapot and kettle with rattan and weave covers, the stand folds into two pieces, marked K. Faberge beneath the Imperial warrant and KF, 84 standard

Condition

Very minor dents and scratches to the silver consistent with age and use. It is unusual that the handles are covered in different materials suggesting one is replaced. The stand does not collapse completely flat, one leg of the stand is quite stiff.
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