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For a comparable tea set from the India Early Minshall Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 96, fig. 5.
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MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT COFFEE POT
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
Of bulbous form, the body and cover enamelled with shaded varicolour scrolling foliate motifs on a stippled ground, the handle enamelled with a geometric pattern in shaded beige, all within twisted ropework borders, with a hinged cover and a mother-of-pearl finial and insulators, marked under base and on rim
7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
Of bulbous form, the body and cover enamelled with shaded varicolour scrolling foliate motifs on a stippled ground, the handle enamelled with a geometric pattern in shaded beige, all within twisted ropework borders, with a hinged cover and a mother-of-pearl finial and insulators, marked under base and on rim
7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the great-grandparents of the present owner in New York, circa 1950.
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For a comparable tea set from the India Early Minshall Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 96, fig. 5.