AN EIGHT-PIECE COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE. 84 silver. Johann Tobiassov St. Petersburg 1896-1907. Silver weight 3082 g.
Consists of coffee-pot, tea-pot, sugar-bowl, creamer, bread-basket, sugar-tongs, tea-strainer and sugar-spoon. The parts are gilded on the inside. The service is contained in the original fitted oak case, 62x44 cm, with supplier´s name, V. A. Myasoyedov, Nevsky Prospekt 29. Purveyor to the Imperial Court.
Some damage to the bondings of the wooden case. Engravings.
Provenance
The set was given as a wedding gift to the present owner's grandfather by the management of Brusnitzyn´s leather factory in St. Petersburg.
