Lot 590
  • 590

A pair of porcelain and silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel tea glasses and saucers, Kornilov Manufactory, St. Petersburg and Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, circa 1895

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • length of cup holder: 9.75cm., 3 7/8 in
the glass holders enamelled throughout with polychrome flowers and geometric motifs, the handles shaped as Imperial Eagles, the underside with monogram MERMade for Tiffany, 84 standard; the borders of cups and saucers similarly decorated with gilt scrolling foliage on white ground, with green manufactory marks

Condition

The porcelain cup with one vertical hairline crack, the other with two hairline cracks and further radiating hairlines cracks. There is some wear to the gilt decoration. The cup holders in apparent good condition.
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