RUSSIAN SILVER NIELL0 TEA SET, Feodor Yartsev

RUSSIAN  7-PIECE PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO TEA SET Feodor Yartsev, Moscow, 1891 Comprising a tray, teapot, creamer, covered sugar bowl, tea scoop, tea strainer, and sugar tongs, each piece nielloed with scrolling foliage on a stippled ground, the interiors gilded, five pieces (except sugar tongs and strainer) with circular roundels depicting views of Moscow monuments and churches  Marked F.Ya. in Cyrillic (all pieces), Moscow 1891 and 84 Russian silver standard Tray – width 13 1/4 in. (33,7 cm), height 10 3/8 in. (26,4 cm) Teapot – height 5 5/8 in. (14,3 cm), width (nose to handle) 6 in. (15,2 cm) Sugar bowl – height 5 3/8 in. (13,7 cm), width (handle to handle) 5 1/4 in. (13,3 cm) milk jug – height 3 7/8 in. (9,8 cm), sugar tongues – length 5 1/8 in. (13, 1cm) Strainer – length 6 7/8 in. (17,5 cm), spoon – length 5 in. (12,7 cm) CONDITION: All pieces are in good condition. A few scratches to the roundels of the teapot pot, light scratching to the tray due to age and use.  PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s, Russian Works of Art, Faberge & Icons, 17 April 2012, lot 232  Item Nr. 2872