A silver-gilt and champlevé enamel coffee pot, Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1879

the lower section decorated with polychrome enamel fans and scrolls, the handle and spout chased with a feather and scale pattern, further decorated with blue, green and red opaque enamel, the handle adjoined to the body by a chased and engraved bird's claw, the spout terminating in a cockerel's head, faux ivory insulators, struck to base and lid with maker's mark below Imperial warrant, 88 standard

height 20.7 cm; 8 1/4 in.