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MARKED GRACHEV BROTHERS WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908
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A Silver-Gilt Tea and Coffee Service
Marked Grachev Brothers with Imperial warrant, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908
In the Empire style, comprising: a coffee pot, a teapot, a milk jug, a two-handled covered sugar bowl, and a two-handled oval tray, on scroll feet with palmette joins and reeded spouts and handles, the coffee pot with pine cone finial, the teapot and milk jug with bud finials, the tray with stiff leaf border, each engraved with the crowned Cyrillic initial 'E' for Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, fully marked
The coffee pot 7. in. (17.8 cm.) high
The tray 15¾ in. (40 cm.) long
65 oz. (2032 gr.)
Marked Grachev Brothers with Imperial warrant, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908
In the Empire style, comprising: a coffee pot, a teapot, a milk jug, a two-handled covered sugar bowl, and a two-handled oval tray, on scroll feet with palmette joins and reeded spouts and handles, the coffee pot with pine cone finial, the teapot and milk jug with bud finials, the tray with stiff leaf border, each engraved with the crowned Cyrillic initial 'E' for Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, fully marked
The coffee pot 7. in. (17.8 cm.) high
The tray 15¾ in. (40 cm.) long
65 oz. (2032 gr.)
Provenance
Given by Count Benckendorf to Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia on the occasion of her wedding, 1902
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.