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THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ORLOFF SERVICE: AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV LARGE SILVER CHOCOLATE POT, JACQUES-NICOLAS ROETTIERS, PARIS, 1772, ALSO MARKED ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1784 |
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- marked on base and cover, the base also with St. Petersburg marks for 1784, assay master Nikifor Moshchalkin and standard mark 91, base and cover stamped and engraved 9
- silver, wood
- height 9 1/2 in.
- 24.3 cm
tapered cylindrical, detachable cover with ribbon-tied-reeded border and swivelling bud finial on fluted disc, body and cover engraved with the Russian Imperial arms, base engraved in Cyrillic script Orlovskii
Literature
Baron Folkersham's Inventaire de'l'Argenterie des Palais Imperiaux Russes II, Vol. II, p. 67 includes this example, no. 9, among a list of seven chocolate pots from the Orloff service.
Condition
general wear from use, the arms re-engraved, otherwise good
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Empress Catherine II commissioned this service from Jacques Roettiers (1707-1789) and his son Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers (1736-1788), for sixty persons, of over 3000 pieces. She presented it to Count Gregory Orloff, her lover, who had helped depose her husband Emperor Peter III. It was an important political and cultural statement marking closer ties with Europe and Paris and executed in the newly fashionable neoclassical style. On Orloff's death, she repurchased the service from his family at which time it was re-assayed and received St. Petersburg marks for 1784. Part of the service was sold by the Soviet government in Berlin in the 1930's.