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Lot 127*

A parcel-gilt trompe l'oeil tea caddy
Moscow, 1888, maker's marks in Cyrillic 'ISL' for unrecorded maker and "IS" for Ivan Saltykov

5 June 2019, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £637.50 inc. premium

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A parcel-gilt trompe l'oeil tea caddy

Moscow, 1888, maker's marks in Cyrillic 'ISL' for unrecorded maker and "IS" for Ivan Saltykov
cube form with rounded upper section and circular neck, sides cast and chased to imitate birch bark woven as on a traditional container; cork stopper mounted with a silver-gilt top with a large oval pull ring on top and a circular silver-gilt panel on the bottom; possibly missing an original lid; 84 standard
9 x 9 x 10cm (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4in).

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Provenance
Collection of noble Russian family
Gift from above to Josephine Warfield McMillan Wise (1877-1954), an American socialite and art patron, circa 1916
Thence by descent

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ICÔNE REPRÉSENTANT LA DÉISIS AVEC LES SAINTS ZOSIME ET SAVVATI Russie, première moitié du XIXe siècle