RUSSIAN IMPERIAL COURT SERVICE A vermeil... - Lot 280 - Coutau-Bégarie

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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL COURT SERVICE A vermeil... - Lot 280 - Coutau-Bégarie
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL COURT SERVICE A vermeil teapot, round in shape, resting on a flared pedestal base. Blackened wood grip and handle. Slight wear from the time, but good condition. Title mark : St Petersburg, illegible. Goldsmith's mark : illegible. Master assayer's mark : Nikifor Moschchalkin, active from 1772 to 1800. Inventory number of the imperial palace furniture guard: 167. H.: 12 cm - L.: 21 cm - Diam.: 11,8 cm. Gross weight: 470g. Provenance: this teapot was made during the reign of Empress Catherine II (1762-1796), for the imperial family. It then entered the collections of the Imperial Furniture Guard, according to the inventory established in 1907 by Baron A. de Foelkersam published in St. Petersburg, under the title: "Inventory of the Silverware kept in the Imperial Palace Furniture Guard". Then during the Soviet period, in the years 1920-1930, it was sold by the government.
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