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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CALIFORNIA

Lot 178*

A silver presentation plate from the Yusupov service
marked by Alex. Gueyton, Paris, c. 1860, with import marks for St. Petersburg (1875-1900)

5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,250 inc. premium

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A silver presentation plate from the Yusupov service

marked by Alex. Gueyton, Paris, c. 1860, with import marks for St. Petersburg (1875-1900)
the centre engraved with rampant lion below a princely crown, inscribed in old-Russian 'Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov. Princess Tatiana Aleksandrovna Yusupov', the border cast and chased with pairs of falcons, peacocks and leopards in heraldic position set within interlaced ornament, 91 standard
diameter: 25cm (9 7/8in).

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PROVENANCE:
Prince Nikolai Yusupov and Princess Tatiana Yusupov, née de Ribaupiere
Their daughter, Princess Zinaida Yusupov and her husband Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston
Nationalized by the Soviet State in 1925, and de-accessioned shortly after
Purchased by an American businessman at Torgsin in Moscow on 18 August 1931 for 93 rubles
Thence by descent

An extensive silver service that became known as the 'Scandinavian service' was commissioned by Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (1827-1891) and his wife Tatiana Borisovna Yusupov, née de Ribaupiere (died 1879) for their grand palace on Moika River in St. Petersburg designed by Ippolit Monigetti. Nikolai Yusupov, an adviser at the Russian Embassy in Paris, commissioned the well-known silversmith Alex Gueyton to create an elaborate service decorated with Russian medieval ornaments, mythological beasts, and northern European decoration. Upon completion and delivery to St. Petersburg the service was displayed in the Buffet Room of the palace.

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