MARK OF CARL TEGELSTEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850

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A SILVER-GILT PLATE FROM THE ORLOFF SERVICE
MARK OF CARL TEGELSTEN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850
Circular, with shaped rims chased with berried laurel, border engraved with bands of wavescrolls and the Imperial double-headed eagle, marked under base, also stamped with numeral '10' under rim
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) diameter
37.5 oz. (1,063 kg.)

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Lot Essay

For other pieces from the Orloff Service, see Baron A. de Foelkersam, Inventaire de l'Argenterie conservée dans les garde-meubles des Palais Impériaux, St Petersburg, 1907, II, pp. 61-124. A comparable plate was sold Christie's, London, 28 November 2011, lot 317.

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