Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 167*
A fine silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel tea set in Chinoiserie styleCyrillic mark 'NA' for Nikolai Alekseev, Moscow 1908-1917
Amended
7 June 2017, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£75,000 - £85,000
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A fine silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel tea set in Chinoiserie style
Cyrillic mark 'NA' for Nikolai Alekseev, Moscow 1908-1917
comprising: a teapot with hinged lid, a sugar bowl with hinged lid, a creamer, a strainer, a sugar scoop, a sugar tongs, and a lemon fork; teapot, sugar bowl and creamer are octagonal-shaped with side panels decorated with alternating motifs of a stylized iris bloom on cream ground and a tulip with carnations on pale blue ground, all flanked by Chinese scrolls and framed with scrolled design in brown and dark blue, lower part with scale ornament in vary-coloured enamel, circular stands and upper rim shaped as Chinese pagodas with very small turquoise beads mounted at each end; scroll handles decorated similarly and set with modern replacement insulation rings; utensils with twisted stems and enamelled handles, decorated with similar sprays and garlands of flowers, all in very fine cloisonné enamel in delicate pastel colors enhanced with granulation, in modern fitted wooden box, 88 standard (7)
height of the teapot: 17.3cm (6 3/8in).
comprising: a teapot with hinged lid, a sugar bowl with hinged lid, a creamer, a strainer, a sugar scoop, a sugar tongs, and a lemon fork; teapot, sugar bowl and creamer are octagonal-shaped with side panels decorated with alternating motifs of a stylized iris bloom on cream ground and a tulip with carnations on pale blue ground, all flanked by Chinese scrolls and framed with scrolled design in brown and dark blue, lower part with scale ornament in vary-coloured enamel, circular stands and upper rim shaped as Chinese pagodas with very small turquoise beads mounted at each end; scroll handles decorated similarly and set with modern replacement insulation rings; utensils with twisted stems and enamelled handles, decorated with similar sprays and garlands of flowers, all in very fine cloisonné enamel in delicate pastel colors enhanced with granulation, in modern fitted wooden box, 88 standard (7)
height of the teapot: 17.3cm (6 3/8in).
Saleroom notices
Please note additional provenance information for this lot: Provenance: Gifted by the wealthy Russian-based French entrepreneur, Claudius Duchassin, to his wife on the occasion of their marriage before the First World War Auction Hotel des Venues de Monte Carol, 24 July 2014, lot 100 Purchased from the above sale by the present owner