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Russian silver travel tea service, gilt interior, comprising tea kettle with stand, tea pot, tea caddy, marmelade jar in a leather bag adapted in the tea pot, alcohol stove with container in a leather bag adapted in the tea kettle, a pair of tea spoons, a pair of quadratic trays and a rectangular tray, furthermore two porcelain tea cups with saucers. Workmaster Mikhail & Semen Gavrilovich Gratchev, maker Johan Ferdinand Olsonius, assayer IE 1884, St. Petersburg town mark, 84 standard; a pair of tea spoons, indistinct maker's mark, assayer Andrei Antonovich Kovalski, Moskow town mark, 84 standard; one cup with saucer marked A. Marcerou, St. Petersbourg, one cup marked Royal Copenhagen, one saucer unmarked. In original leather box, lined with violet velvet and silk, key enclosed. C. 2.180 gr. H. tea kettle (incl. handle) 14 cm. L. quadratic tray 26.5 cm. H. box 21.5 cm. (12).

Provenance: Prince Valdemar of Denmark, his estate auction Sagførernes Auktioner May 1939, nr. 250 or identical no. 251. The travel tea service was acquired by count Bille-Brahe-Selby, who later sold it to the present owner.

Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858–1939) was son of King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark, married 1885 Princess Marie of Orléan and together they settled down in Copenhagen. Prince Valdemar was a younger brother to Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna of Russia (1847–1928), and the travel tea service was presumably originally a present from the Tsaritsa to her parents or her younger brother.

Condition

Condition report on request.

Auction

Russian + varia & furniture, 2 June 2016

Category

Silver ▸ Russia

Estimate

20,000–25,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

45,000 DKK