A fine silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel tea service, 11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917

the teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug all finely enamelled with shaded floral motifs reserved on a sablé ground, bordered by diamond-shaped cartouches with cloisonné enamel geometric motifs, accented by wirework and beaded details, below polychrome bands of leaf tips, the lids centred with a mint-green shaded enamel star, mother of pearl insulators, the sugar tongs, strainer, sugar shovel, fork and 12 teaspoons similarly decorated, each piece engraved with a cypher ML to gilt interior, fully marked, 84 standard, swan import mark

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height of teapot 12 cm, 4 ¾ in.