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Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug
Martin Guillaume Biennais, c. 1817
This is not just any service. These objects belong to a huge coffee and tea service that originally comprised more than a thousand pieces. The Russian tsar Nicholas I bought it from the French silversmith Biennais in 1817. The pieces are double gilded, so they look like they are made of solid gold. The geometric shapes and type of rims are typical of the early Empire style.
- Artwork typesuikerdoos
- Object numberBK-17027-B
- Dimensionsheight 7.6 cm x width 17 cm, height 25.5 cm x width 19.8 cm, width 21.1 cm, height 32.6 cm x diameter 21.1 cm x weight 3494 gr
- Physical characteristicsverguld zilver, ebbenhout