Lot 369
  • 369

A silver and champlevé enamel tea glass holder, Andrei Bragin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver, enamel
  • height overall 11.1cm, 4 3/8 in.
the front applied with an izba-form plaque painted with three figures in traditional dress drinking tea at a table set with a samovar, the sides with rows of stylised cockerels, peasants and rosettes polychrome enamelled in imitation of embroidery, rockwork base and feet, the branch handle draped with a trompe l'oeil folded napkin, 88 standard

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 12 April 2011, lot 189

Condition

Excellent condition.
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