2050/​8606

A Russian silver teapot, cast ornametation, carved ivory handle and finial. Indistinct maker's mark, assayer Nikolaj Lukitch Dubrovin 1837, Moscow townmark, purity 84. Weight 370 g. H. 12 cm.

Provenance: The Danish Envoy and Consul General Hans Poul Hoffmeyer (1893–1962). Secretary of Legation in Vienna, Berlin, Moscow and Warzaw in the 1920s, later Counsellor of the Legation in Berlin, Paris, Turkey, Israel and Greece, and finally Consul General in Hamburg from 1954. Hoffmeyer's interest in collecting silver was pervasive and he acquired items in all the cities he lived. Thence by descent with residence in Denmark, until today.

Condition

Ivory with natural cracks. Base with dents. Engraved with initials.

Auction

Russian theme, 7 December 2020

Category

Silver ▸ Russia

Estimate

4,000 DKK

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Price realised

2,600 DKK  

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