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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE
A SILVER SAMOVAR
BY NICHOLLS AND PLINCKE, MARK OF CARL TEGELSTEN AND UNRECORDED MARK 'I.P', ST PETERSBURG, 1840
Details
A SILVER SAMOVAR
BY NICHOLLS AND PLINCKE, MARK OF CARL TEGELSTEN AND UNRECORDED MARK 'I.P', ST PETERSBURG, 1840
On four scroll feet, the base rising to a bulbous body engraved with foliage within baroque cartouche, the body engraved with a monogram, probably Cyrillic 'GHS', the scroll handles and spout with wood insulators, the spout applied with foliage and vine leaf, marked throughout; in the original fitted wood and velvet box
22¾ in. (58 cm.) high
203.41 oz. (5,766.8 gr.) gross
BY NICHOLLS AND PLINCKE, MARK OF CARL TEGELSTEN AND UNRECORDED MARK 'I.P', ST PETERSBURG, 1840
On four scroll feet, the base rising to a bulbous body engraved with foliage within baroque cartouche, the body engraved with a monogram, probably Cyrillic 'GHS', the scroll handles and spout with wood insulators, the spout applied with foliage and vine leaf, marked throughout; in the original fitted wood and velvet box
22¾ in. (58 cm.) high
203.41 oz. (5,766.8 gr.) gross
Provenance
The Tripet-Skrypitzine Family, Cannes.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Further Details
Eugène-François Tripet (1816-1896), French Consul in Moscow, married Alexandra Feodorovna Skrypitzine (1819-1895) and settled in Cannes in 1848. They promoted the city to the Russian nobility and erected Saint Michael the Archangel Church in Cannes in 1894.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that as viewed, the spout finial is a wood replacement and different from that pictured in the catalogue.
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