A SILVER-GILT CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1881
Comprising a tapering coffee pot, a teapot, a double-handled sugar bowl, all with detachable covers, a cream jug, and a circular waste bowl with a swing handle, all champlevé enamelled with stylised varicolour birds and butterflies, flowers and foliage in the style of Chinoiserie on black enamel ground, within decorative borders of geometric motifs, with gilt interiors, teapot with mother-of-pearl insulators, coffee pot with replacement composite insulators, marked throughout
The coffee pot 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
A SILVER-GILT CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1881
Comprising a tapering coffee pot, a teapot, a double-handled sugar bowl, all with detachable covers, a cream jug, and a circular waste bowl with a swing handle, all champlevé enamelled with stylised varicolour birds and butterflies, flowers and foliage in the style of Chinoiserie on black enamel ground, within decorative borders of geometric motifs, with gilt interiors, teapot with mother-of-pearl insulators, coffee pot with replacement composite insulators, marked throughout
The coffee pot 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
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