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拍品專文
This highly important decanter stand is one of a pair from a silver-gilt dessert and coffee service made for the Russian Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855), when he was Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovitch. As the third son of Emperor Paul I, he succeeded to the throne following the death of his brother Alexander I in 1826.
The service, which is applied with the Cyrillic NP monogram for Grand Duke Nicholas, may have been produced at the time of his marriage in 1817 to Alexandra Feodorovna, daughter of Friedrick Wilhelm II, King of Prussia. A. E. Foelkersam's Inventaire de l'Argenterie Conservée dans les Gardes-Meubles des Palais Impèiaux, 1907, indicates the service included, in part, a samovar, three tea and coffee services, seven trays, four baskets, 96 teaspoons, 100 ice-cream spoons, in addition to the two liquor stands with four small bottles and 8 labels. Foelkersam illustrates the samovar, a tea service, bowl and basket from the service.
The service was produced by the French court goldsmith, Martin Guillaume Biennais, who also supplied part of a massive dinner service to the Michael Pavlovitch, youngest brother of Nicholas I. Foelkersam records that Grand Duke Nicholas's service passed in October 1866 to his son, Alexander II. Foelkersam further notes that in 1907 the service was located at the Anichkov Palace, which served as the official residence of heirs to the throne. Grand Duke Nicholas lived there from 1817 until his accession, as did Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II. Anichkov Palace was occupied by the mother of Nicholas II until the Revolution.
The service, which is applied with the Cyrillic NP monogram for Grand Duke Nicholas, may have been produced at the time of his marriage in 1817 to Alexandra Feodorovna, daughter of Friedrick Wilhelm II, King of Prussia. A. E. Foelkersam's Inventaire de l'Argenterie Conservée dans les Gardes-Meubles des Palais Impèiaux, 1907, indicates the service included, in part, a samovar, three tea and coffee services, seven trays, four baskets, 96 teaspoons, 100 ice-cream spoons, in addition to the two liquor stands with four small bottles and 8 labels. Foelkersam illustrates the samovar, a tea service, bowl and basket from the service.
The service was produced by the French court goldsmith, Martin Guillaume Biennais, who also supplied part of a massive dinner service to the Michael Pavlovitch, youngest brother of Nicholas I. Foelkersam records that Grand Duke Nicholas's service passed in October 1866 to his son, Alexander II. Foelkersam further notes that in 1907 the service was located at the Anichkov Palace, which served as the official residence of heirs to the throne. Grand Duke Nicholas lived there from 1817 until his accession, as did Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II. Anichkov Palace was occupied by the mother of Nicholas II until the Revolution.