Lot 374
A LATE 18TH CENTURY RUSSIAN SILVERGILT & NIELLOWORK TEA POT
bullet-shaped, with a lift-off, domed cover and flower finial, decorated all over with leafy fronds, floral festoons with tied ribbons, on a varied, textured ground, engraved on one side with the script initials "DPK", and on the other with putti and a castle, maker's mark "A.E", assay master Alexei Torlov (of Veliky Ustyug), Moscow 1796; 4.75" (12 cms) high overall; 15.4 oz
