Description:
A Very Fine and Rare Russian 19th Century Nine-Piece Silver, Tea and Coffee Service by Gavril Grachev, St. Petersburg. The spherical bodies in its original fitted wood case. 84 standard with complete hallmarks, strainer with maker's mark of PJS. 64.4oz. Dated: 1892-4
Coffeepot Height: 7 1/4 inches
Teapot Height: 4 5/8 inches
Covered Sugar Height: 4 inches
Creamer Height: 3 1/4 inches
Lemon Fork, Length: 3 3/4 inches
Sugar Tongs Length: 4 1/2 inches
Tea Strainer Length: 6 1/4 inches
Round Tray Diameter: 10 3/4 inches
Provenance: Property deaccessioned from The Centennial Museum at the University of Texas at El Paso to benefit the Museum Collections Fund. (Accession #69.26.376)
Literature: Watts, Geoffrey. RUSSIAN SILVERSMITHS' HALLMARKS, 1700 TO 1917. Gemini: Bath, England, 2006. pp.122 and 246
Condition:
Tea strainer: dents to underside of bowl
Teapot: two small dents to body and ivory handle and insulators with hairlines
Coffeepot: ivory handle and insulators with hairlines
Tray: tiny dent
Sugar tongs: one end slightly bent
Lemon Fork: tines slightly bent
Case: separations to one corner, stains and rubbing to top.
Ref.: A1560
