Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug
Martin Guillaume Biennais
c. 1817
Medium
gild
Dimensions
26; 35.3; 18; 3000
About this artwork
Commissioned by or for Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia (1796-1855);{Baarsen 2013, pp. 474-5, no. 117.}…; collection Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918);{Baarsen 2013, pp. 474-5, no. 117.} transferred to the Russian imperial collections; ? purchased by Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939) Amsterdam and Paris from the Russian state;{Baarsen 2013, pp. 474-5, no. 117.} from whom, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but ...