4 June 2014 Russian Art Auctions
4 June 2014
542. A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO TEA SET
ILLEGIBLE MAKER’S MARK AND MARK OF PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1869–1871, 84 STANDARD
Diameter of the tray 31 cm, height of the coffee pot 14.5 cm, of the teapot 12 cm, of the milk jug 7.5 cm.
15,000–20,000 GBP
Provenance: Anonymous sale; Christie’s Geneva, 13 November 1995, lot 209.
Comprising: a circular tray, coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug, two tea spoons, sugar tongs and tea strainer; coffee and tea pot with hinged covers and ivory insulators, nielloed with the views of the Kremlin to one side and blank roundel to the other, within band of scrolls and geometric designs on stippled ground, the tray with dedication engraving in Cyrillic “To V.A. Marzden /From A. and G., the sons of Ivan Khludov, Moscow, 16 April 1872”, in original fitted box.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.