Jan 30, 2019 10:00 EST
English & Continental Furniture / Old Masters/Russian Works of Art
154
Russian Silver Tea Service
Andrei Bragin, St. Petersburg, 1894
Comprising a kettle-on-stand, serving tray, teapot, cream jug, sugar bowl, two footed bowls and a cake basket; each with bright-cut engraved oval cartouche centering a crowned initial K and floral swags within foliate borders, the X-form kettle stand with tied ribbons and a berried laurel wreath, the tea kettle, teapot and sugar with pomegranate finials, scroll handles. Height of kettle-on-stand 14 inches (35.6 cm), width of tray 26 3/8 inches (67 cm), total approximately 325 ounces (10,115 grams), all in.
Provenance:
Acquired by the family of the present owner in the early 1960s, then by descent.
Russian Silver Tea Service
Andrei Bragin, St. Petersburg, 1894
Comprising a kettle-on-stand, serving tray, teapot, cream jug, sugar bowl, two footed bowls and a cake basket; each with bright-cut engraved oval cartouche centering a crowned initial K and floral swags within foliate borders, the X-form kettle stand with tied ribbons and a berried laurel wreath, the tea kettle, teapot and sugar with pomegranate finials, scroll handles. Height of kettle-on-stand 14 inches (35.6 cm), width of tray 26 3/8 inches (67 cm), total approximately 325 ounces (10,115 grams), all in.
Provenance:
Acquired by the family of the present owner in the early 1960s, then by descent.
The original handles on the kettle, teapot and cream jug have been replaced with dark wood handles.
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Auction: English & Continental Furniture / Old Masters/Russian Works of Art, Jan 30, 2019
