Nicholls & Plincke, retailers: Russian silver and glass travelling

A Russian silver and glass travelling set with silver lids, comprising twelve pieces: Pitcher with detachable handle, one smaller and one larger wash basin, an inkwell, a sandbox, five cases and two flasks, four pieces with screw caps, two pieces with hinged lids, five pieces with removable lids, pitcher and all lids chased with Rococo ornaments, all pieces engraved with a ducal crowned monogram, the set is fitted into two layers, the removable top-section with a drawer. Pitcher and two basins with maker's mark MP, assayer Eduard Feodorovich Brandenburg 1858; six pieces with maker's mark LR; two pieces with maker's mark IBH; one piece apparently unmarked; all St. Petersburg town mark, 84 standard. Retailed by Nicholls & Plincke in St. Petersburg. In accompanying leather, wood and dark red velvet travelling case with silk lining, inside the lid a paper folder, on the outside of the lid stamped "Jenny" beneath a ducal crown. (13)

Estimate:£3,362.1

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