MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

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A SEVEN-PIECE SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TEA SERVICE
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Comprising a teapot, a sugar-bowl with cover, a cream jug, a milk-jug, a sugar-shovel, sugar-tongs, strainer and lemon fork, the teapot with mother-of-pearl insulators, all marked throughout; in the original fitted wood case, with a silver plaque engraved in Russian '[To] Gerhard Avgustovich Knoop in memory of 25 years of service from the colleagues at the Danilovskii Factory in Moscow / 1885-1910'

The teapot, 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high

Provenance

Presented to Gerhard Knoop in 1910.
By family descent, then gifted to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The Danilovskii Factory in Moscow was one of the largest textile manufacturers in Russia at the end of the 19th century. Started by Vasili Mescherin in 1867, the factory was acquired by the Knoops family after his death in 1880. The Knoops came from Germany and were responsible for the complete modernisation of the textile industry in Russia, primarily in the Moscow region.

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