AN UNUSUAL RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

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AN UNUSUAL RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MOSCOW, 1885, MAKER'S MARK OF KHLEBNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT

In the art nouveau style, comprising coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl and cover and cream jug; each of pear-shaped form, with scroll spouts and handles, enamelled on both sides with a flowering pomegranate and butterfly in bright orange, green, purple and white, below a zig-zag border, the spouts with similar enamel decoration, marked under bases and on covers--height of coffee pot 6 1/2in. (16.5cm.)
(gross weight 52 oz.) (4)