Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug

Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug by Martin Guillaume Biennais

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 ...

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