Details
Comprising one sherbet cup, eight coffee cups with eight saucers and four spoons; the sherbet cup interior enamelled in translucent sky blue over guilloché ground, the lip with a varicolour floral plique-à-jour enamel design, the exterior champlevé enamelled, the stem surmounted by three enamel coats-of-arms, on a splayed foot, marked under the bowl with maker's initials 'A.K.' in Cyrillic; the cups enamelled with central bands of translucent white, blue, salmon and turquoise over guilloché grounds, surrounded by varicolour floral plique-à-jour and cloisonné enamel borders, interior gilt, the saucers and spoons similarly decorated, the white and blue cups and saucers marked throughout with maker's initials 'N.A.' in Cyrillic and engraved on the handles with initial 'F'; the salmon and turquoise cups, saucers and spoons marked throughout with the mark of the Eleventh Silver Artel
The cup, 634 in. (17.1 cm.) high
Provenance
‌Henry Penn Wenger (1927-1997). ‌
‌Bequeathed by the above to the present owner.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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