MARK OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH KÖPPING, ST. PETERSBURG, 1767

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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER SECOND-COURSE DISHES
MARK OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH KÖPPING, ST. PETERSBURG, 1767
Each shaped circular cinquefoil engraved with Russian Imperial coat-of-arms, fully marked on underside of rims and engraved and stamped with inventory numbers 722 and 723; with assay scrape
12 1⁄8 in. (31 cm.) diameter
23 oz. 8 dwt. (728 gr.)
The arms are for Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762).

Provenance

Empress Elizabeth (1709-1762) as a gift to her nephew Grand Duke Peter Feodorovich and his wife Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst, later Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796).
Transferred to the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, in 1762 on the orders of Empress Catherine II of Russia, then by descent in the Imperial collections until 1917.
Later sold by the Soviet government.

Literature

Baron A. de Foelkersam, Inventaire de l'Argenterie conservé dans les garde-meubles des Palais Impériaux, 1907, vol. I, p. XXI; vol. II, p. 41.

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Lot Essay

These dishes are part of the silver later supplied by Johan Friedrich Köpping, the Court Keeper of Plate, at the request of Empress Catherine the Great to complement the Paris service. These dishes are recorded in Foelkersam inventory under 'Cat. 52', p. 41.

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