a four-piece parcel-gilt silver trompe-l'oeil tea service

MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF NIKOLAI VASIL'EVICH NEMIROV-KOLODKIN, MOSCOW, 1896-1908

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a four-piece parcel-gilt silver trompe-l'oeil tea service
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Nikolai Vasil'evich Nemirov-Kolodkin, Moscow, 1896-1908
Comprising tea pot, water jug, milk jug and covered sugar bowl; each imitating embroidered saddle-bagsd cloth with stylized scrolling foliage within a leaf border, the high domed caps joined to the bodies by link chains, the spouts with stopper spouts joined by similar chains, each marked under base with 'Made for Tiffany & Co.' and engraved with monogram D.G.D., all marked under bases and on covers
the teapot 8in. (21cm.) high
52oz. (1621gr.) (4)

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