Coffee pot
1780RCIN 49702
Queen Mary’s interest in Russian decorative art, no doubt encouraged her to purchase this coffee pot, which, according to a label inside, belonged to Catherine II. The design relates closely to an earlier example made for Empress Anna by Nikolai Dom in St Petersburg in 1735.
73; fineness mark / [crossed anchors & sceptre] 1780; St Petersburg & date / E.6; assayer's mark of Evgraf Borovshchikov
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