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MAKER’S MARK OF MARIA SEMENOVA, MOSCOW, 1896
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A SEVEN-PIECE SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MAKER’S MARK OF MARIA SEMENOVA, MOSCOW, 1896
Comprising a teapot, a coffee-pot, a two-handled sugar-bowl, a cream-jug, a cake-basket, sugar-tongs and a caddy spoon; each nielloed with views of Moscow landmarks, amidst foliate arabesques in the Old Russian style, the covers with mother-of-pearl finials, the handles with ivory insulators, the cartouches engraved with the date ‘1896’ and Cyrillic monogram ‘IML’, marked throughout
The coffee-pot: 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
81.97 oz. (2549.6 gr.) gross
MAKER’S MARK OF MARIA SEMENOVA, MOSCOW, 1896
Comprising a teapot, a coffee-pot, a two-handled sugar-bowl, a cream-jug, a cake-basket, sugar-tongs and a caddy spoon; each nielloed with views of Moscow landmarks, amidst foliate arabesques in the Old Russian style, the covers with mother-of-pearl finials, the handles with ivory insulators, the cartouches engraved with the date ‘1896’ and Cyrillic monogram ‘IML’, marked throughout
The coffee-pot: 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
81.97 oz. (2549.6 gr.) gross
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