COFFEEPOT FROM A TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
Creator(s): Ivan Andreev (Silversmith)
About this object
Surface is gilt with fret work patterns in various colored enamels in filigree. Design imitates wooden carving on the Russian peasant houses. Each piece has three ball feet. Three covers have mother-of-pearl knobs and are attached by chains.
- Object name:
- COFFEEPOT FROM A TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel -- mother of pearl
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1888
- Size:
- 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.102.1
- Signature marks:
- Mark St. George and the Dragon, VS [in Cyrillic, initials for Victor Savinkov, essayer in 1855-1888], 1888, 84, JFA [latin script for Ivan Andreev]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973