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a russian gilded silver imperial tea and coffee set, sazikov, moscow and st. petersburg, 1848/51
Estimate
200,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description
- length of tray 18 in. 45.5 cm
comprising two Teapots, a Coffee Pot, Creamer, Sugar Bowl, Moscow, 1848, shaped rectangular Tray, St. Petersburg, 1848, and Waste Bowl, St. Petersburg, 1851, each piece engraved with an interlaced cypher M, the teapots and coffee pot with finials in the form of Imperial crowns. Together with a Sifting Spoon decorated with a female mask, by Saltykov, Moscow, 1847, 218 ozs. 8 pieces.
Catalogue Note
The interlaced M cyphers are most probably for Grand Duchess Maria Nicholaevna and her husband Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg. They were married in 1839, and Tsar Nicholas I elevated Maximilian to Imperial rank. Their residence in St. Petersburg was the Mariinsky Palace, built between 1839 and 1844, and named after Grand Duchess Maria Nicholaevna.
The firm of Sazikov which was founded in the late 18th century in Moscow by Pavel Feodorovich Sazikov had become one of the most important in Russia by the mid-19th century. A branch was opened in St. Petersburg in 1842 and the firm was granted the Imperial warrant in 1846. Many outstanding works by Sazikov were exhibited at the London Great Exhibition of 1851.
The firm of Sazikov which was founded in the late 18th century in Moscow by Pavel Feodorovich Sazikov had become one of the most important in Russia by the mid-19th century. A branch was opened in St. Petersburg in 1842 and the firm was granted the Imperial warrant in 1846. Many outstanding works by Sazikov were exhibited at the London Great Exhibition of 1851.