A RUSSIAN PARTIAL GILT FOUR PIECE COFFEE SET

Description:

St. Petersburg, 1854
H. 9,5/19 cm, L. 31 cm
Comprising a coffee pot (with ivory insulating rings), sugar bowl, milk jug and biscuit bowl. Silver, partially gilded. With engraved alliance coat of arms of the Barons of Lamezan and others. All pieces with St. Petersburg hallmark, fineness "84" Zolotnik, assay master Eduard Fedorowich Brandenburg (Postnikova no. 1176), master's mark VAILLANT (not listed) and JV. With CITES No. DE-K 240104-33, silver weight ca. 2623gr. Slight scratches, slightly worn.
From a German-Russian aristocratic family, owned by the family since production
Lit. (hallmarks): M.M. Postnikova-Losseva, L'Orfèvrerie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss