A SIX PIECE RUSSIAN SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SET, FIVE PIECES MARLED KHLEBNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, ONE MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH COAT OF ARMS OF GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1876 AND 1882
all of tapered cylindrical form, ornamented in a Russian revival style, the two-handled vessel, tea, and coffee pots with openwork border around the neck, tea and coffee pots with cone-shaped finials on lids, all but the cake basket on four ball feet, each with a gilded interior, diameter of cake basket: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.), height of coffee pot: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.), height of creamer: 8.5 cm (3 5/8 in.), dated assayer`s mark IK 1876 and AK 1882 , Moscow town mark, 84 standard, 2800 g.
Estimate: $9,000 – $12,000
Result: $11,250 (including premium)