Lot 91
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
£157,250
Description
An extremely fine Russian silver-gilt and shaded enamel coffee service
Pavel Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1899-1908
comprising: a coffee-pot, covered sugar-basin, cream-jug, sugar-tongs, and twelve coffee-spoons, of tapering rectangular outline, the side panels of the receptacles finely decorated in polychrome shaded enamels in the Chinese style with wetland scenes and animals, including fish, frogs, cranes, an owl, a swan, cockatoos, butterflies, and swallows, within abundant foliage, with a sunrise and moonlight, the hinged lids also enamelled and with facetted square and crown-shaped finials, the sugar tongs enamelled en suite, the fig-shaped spoons enamelled with three different patterns with scrolling flowers and foliage, all within the original silk-lined wooden case, the interior of the lid with the manufacturer’s stamp beneath the Imperial Warrant (17)
The coffee-pot 16.5cm high
Provenance:
Christie’s New York, Fine Russian Works of Art, 15th June 1982, lot 122
A gift from Nicholas II to the father of a previous owner during one of his trips to Russia in 1905.
Note:
Compare with a tea service in identical taste sold at Sotheby’s New York (Sotheby’s, New York, Russian Art, Vol. III, 26 April 2006, lot 232.
Literature:
For a pair of Chinese style cloisonné vases by Ovchinnikov see Gerard Hill, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, pl.231.
Pavel Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1899-1908
comprising: a coffee-pot, covered sugar-basin, cream-jug, sugar-tongs, and twelve coffee-spoons, of tapering rectangular outline, the side panels of the receptacles finely decorated in polychrome shaded enamels in the Chinese style with wetland scenes and animals, including fish, frogs, cranes, an owl, a swan, cockatoos, butterflies, and swallows, within abundant foliage, with a sunrise and moonlight, the hinged lids also enamelled and with facetted square and crown-shaped finials, the sugar tongs enamelled en suite, the fig-shaped spoons enamelled with three different patterns with scrolling flowers and foliage, all within the original silk-lined wooden case, the interior of the lid with the manufacturer’s stamp beneath the Imperial Warrant (17)
The coffee-pot 16.5cm high
Provenance:
Christie’s New York, Fine Russian Works of Art, 15th June 1982, lot 122
A gift from Nicholas II to the father of a previous owner during one of his trips to Russia in 1905.
Note:
Compare with a tea service in identical taste sold at Sotheby’s New York (Sotheby’s, New York, Russian Art, Vol. III, 26 April 2006, lot 232.
Literature:
For a pair of Chinese style cloisonné vases by Ovchinnikov see Gerard Hill, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, pl.231.
Footnote
Provenance:
Christie's New York, Fine Russian Works of Art, 15th June 1982, lot 122
A gift from Nicholas II to the father of a previous owner during one of his trips to Russia in 1905
Compare with a tea service in identical taste sold at Sotheby's New York (Sotheby's, New York, Russian Art, Vol. III, 26 April 2006, lot 232. For a pair of Chinese style cloisonné vases by Ovchinnikov see Gerard Hill, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, pl.231.
Christie's New York, Fine Russian Works of Art, 15th June 1982, lot 122
A gift from Nicholas II to the father of a previous owner during one of his trips to Russia in 1905
Compare with a tea service in identical taste sold at Sotheby's New York (Sotheby's, New York, Russian Art, Vol. III, 26 April 2006, lot 232. For a pair of Chinese style cloisonné vases by Ovchinnikov see Gerard Hill, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, pl.231.
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