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MARKED WITH ILLEGIBLE WORKMASTER INITIALS, MOSCOW, 1869
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A PARCEL-GILT NIELLO TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARKED WITH ILLEGIBLE WORKMASTER INITIALS, MOSCOW, 1869
Comprising a teapot, a coffee pot, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, a strainer, a pair of tongs, each deocorated on one side with a cartouche enclosing a nielloed peasant scene and the other with the Cyrillic interlaced initials 'BD', each within a field of niello scrolls and geometric designs on stippled gilt ground, with stylized angular handles marked under the bases and covers
The teapot: 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high; 73 oz. (2069 gr.) (6)
MARKED WITH ILLEGIBLE WORKMASTER INITIALS, MOSCOW, 1869
Comprising a teapot, a coffee pot, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, a strainer, a pair of tongs, each deocorated on one side with a cartouche enclosing a nielloed peasant scene and the other with the Cyrillic interlaced initials 'BD', each within a field of niello scrolls and geometric designs on stippled gilt ground, with stylized angular handles marked under the bases and covers
The teapot: 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high; 73 oz. (2069 gr.) (6)