A Russian Silver, Champlevé and En Plein Enamel Tea Glass Holder, Andrei Bragin, St. Petersburg, circa 1895

the body decorated with brightly colored champlevé enamels in imitation of peasant embroidery with figures of birds, women, and floral ornament; applied to the front of the tea glass holder is an engraved and enameled plaque resembling the facade of a peasant cottage with ornate wood carving, the center of the plaque with a scene of merchants seated at a table set with a samovar drinking tea, all set on a foot cast and chased to resemble a rocky landscape interrupted by leafy plants, the handle similarly cast and chased to simulate twisted wooden branches, the thumb rest draped with a trompe l'oeil folded napkin with champlevé enamel ornament simulating embroidered borders, the interior gilded

some minor losses of enamel
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