Silver-Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Tea Set Retailed by Fabergé

maker Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1899-1908 struck with maker’s initials I.S. for Ivan Saltykov, assay master’s mark (I.L. for Ivan Lebedkin), silver mark of 84 zolotniks, scratched with Fabergé inventory no. 11367 contained in the original fitted box height of teapot: 14 cm

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby’s New York, 5 December 1997, Sale 7067, lot 505

The set comprises seven pieces: teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, sugar sifter spoon, lemon fork, caddy spoon, and sugar tongs. Contained in the original wooden fitted box lined with dark red velvet with matching silk in the recesses; the cover lined with oyster silk printed with the retailer’s trademark: ‘K. FABERGE, MOSCOW, S.PETERSBURG’ in Cyrillic with Imperial Warrant above. The pieces are of squat ovoid form with shaded polychrome cloisonné enamel eagles amidst profuse foliage and flowers in pink, green, yellow, foiled red, and shades of blue on a cream ground, edged with turquoise enamel bead borders, mother-of-pearl insulators, and finials, richly gilt interiors.