Lot 464
  • 464

A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel coffee pot, Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, 1889

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver-gilt, enamel
  • height 21.5cm, 8 1/2 in.
in Turkish taste, decorated with lambrequins and friezes of stylised flowers within foliate and geometric borders, engraved in Cyrillic 'Annette 29 October 1890', 88 standard 

Provenance

Sotheby's Geneva, 18 November 1993, lot 585 

Condition

Very good condition. The gilding worn in places to the silver. The hinge of the lid very slightly loose.
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