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Lot 886: A SILVER COMPOSITE TEA SERVICE

Est: $15,000 USD - $25,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USOctober 19, 2004

Item Overview

Description

MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WORKMASTER ALEXANDER WAKEVA, ST. PETERSBURG, 1909-1917, INVENTORY 24190, WITH REPLACEMENT PIECES
Comprising a tea kettle with burner, tea caddy with silver-mounted cork stopper, teapot by Fabergé, marked on bases and inside cover; together with an unmarked coffee pot, tray, milk-jug, pitcher, waste bowl, and sugar bowl, each with gadrooning, the sides with ribbon-tied wreath applied, the lids paritally fluted, most finials and insulating bands of ivory
The tea kettle 12 1/4 in. (31.2 cm.) high; tray 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm.) long (9)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 April 1995, lot 91.

Notes

Notice Regarding the Sale of Material from Endangered Species. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country

Auction Details

Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art

by
Christie's
October 19, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US