A FRENCH GOLD AND LAPIS-LAZULI FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE MARK OF BOUCHERON, PARIS, 1909, 18CT. In the Louis XV style, comprising a teapot, coffee-pot, milk-jug, sugar bowl and cover, and a pair of sugar tongs, each on spreading gadrooned base, the bombé bodies each chased on the lower part with a band of foliage and in the centre with a ribbon-tied laurel garland, holding a foliate medallion centred by a winged putto , the fluted narrow collar with geometric border, the lapis-lazuli mounted handles with ram's mask terminal on the coffee-pot, teapot and milk-jug, the covers with cast rose finial, the sugar tongs applied with monogram ZZ, marked on bases, collars and covers and engraved underneath 'Boucheron Paris' the coffee pot 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high gross weight 110 oz. 6 dwt. (3,431 gr.) The monogram is for Sir Basil Zaharoff, G.C.B. (1849-1936). Provenance Sir Basil Zaharoff, G.C.B. (1849-1936) and by descent.
A FRENCH GOLD AND LAPIS-LAZULI FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE MARK OF BOUCHERON, PARIS, 1909, 18CT. In the Louis XV style, comprising a teapot, coffee-pot, milk-jug, sugar bowl and cover, and a pair of sugar tongs, each on spreading gadrooned base, the bombé bodies each chased on the lower part with a band of foliage and in the centre with a ribbon-tied laurel garland, holding a foliate medallion centred by a winged putto , the fluted narrow collar with geometric border, the lapis-lazuli mounted handles with ram's mask terminal on the coffee-pot, teapot and milk-jug, the covers with cast rose finial, the sugar tongs applied with monogram ZZ, marked on bases, collars and covers and engraved underneath 'Boucheron Paris' the coffee pot 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high gross weight 110 oz. 6 dwt. (3,431 gr.) The monogram is for Sir Basil Zaharoff, G.C.B. (1849-1936). Provenance Sir Basil Zaharoff, G.C.B. (1849-1936) and by descent.
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