SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL COURT OF RUSSIA By... - Lot 389 - Coutau-Bégarie

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SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL COURT OF RUSSIA By... - Lot 389 - Coutau-Bégarie
SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL COURT OF RUSSIA By MOSCHALKIN, St. Petersburg, Circa 1781. A vermeil teapot, round in shape, standing on a flared pedestal. 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 Moschalkin, active from 1772 to 1800. Inventory number of the imperial palaces' furniture guard: 167, Bl. H. : 12 cm - L. : 21 cm - Diam. : 11,8 cm. Gross weight : 470 g. 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 drawn up in 1907 by Baron A. de Foelkersam, published in Saint Petersburg under the title "Inventory of the Silverware kept in the Imperial Palace Furniture Guard". During the communist period, in the years 1920-1930, it was sold by the government. Former collection of the famous Russian antique shop in New-York "A La Vieille Russie", bought in 2003
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