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Lot 162*

A parcel-gilt liquor service
Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1885

7 June 2017, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£20,000 - £30,000

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A parcel-gilt liquor service

Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1885
comprising: a flask, six small beakers, a circular tray; bulbous flask on spreading circular foot, with long narrow neck and chained slip-on lid with ball finial; rounded beakers with stepped rim; all engraved with bands of geometric ornamentation, interlaced scrolls and arched reserves in alternating silver and silver-gilt treatment; silver-gilt tray with six fitted stands around central reserve engraved in French 'Au celebre artiste Augusto Broggi la Direction de l'Opera Prive a Moscou/16 Novembre 1886', wide rim engraved with six shaped silver reserves featuring pairs of putties within foliate scrolls, in original wood case lined with cream silk and velvet, 84 standard (8)
diameter of the tray: 29cm (11 3/8in).

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Provenance
Acquired by the present owner at Sotheby's, London, June 9, 2010, lot 552

Augusto Broggi (born in 1847), a successful Italian opera singer who performed leading roles at the Teatro Pagliano in Florence, Apollo Theatre in Rome, Teatro La Fenice in in Venice, Teatro Comunale in Bologna and La Scala in Milan.

His wide repertoire included 70 operas with famous parts by Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Bizet among his favourites. Apparently he was invited to perform at the Private Opera in Moscow (probably the one known as 'Частная Опера Кротикова' established on January 9th, 1885). The present set must have been a parting gift to the famous baritone at the end of his tour in Moscow.
Later on as his career became more and more successful, Broggi also worked in most of the major theaters in Paris, Vienna, Stockholm, Pest, Copenhagen, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.

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