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A LARGE SILVER SAMOVAR
BY VAILLANT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1861
Of typical inverted fluted pear-shape, on a circular spreading foot decorated with a rim of vine branches, leaves and grapes on stippled ground, the lower part of the body with similar decoration, the spout and the handles realistically shaped as vine branches enhanced with grapes and leaves, the cover of the samovar surmounted by a putti, the body engraved with interlaced initials surmounted by a crown, together with its chimney and tray, in original fitted case
60 cm (23¾ in) high
8000 gr (5)
BY VAILLANT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1861
Of typical inverted fluted pear-shape, on a circular spreading foot decorated with a rim of vine branches, leaves and grapes on stippled ground, the lower part of the body with similar decoration, the spout and the handles realistically shaped as vine branches enhanced with grapes and leaves, the cover of the samovar surmounted by a putti, the body engraved with interlaced initials surmounted by a crown, together with its chimney and tray, in original fitted case
60 cm (23¾ in) high
8000 gr (5)