RUSSIA Silver tea and coffee service (4 pieces) (875 / min. 800), with pinched rib decoration and flat base, comprising : - a teapot and a coffee pot, with flower fretel and stylized duck head spout, their attachment adorned with a combed. Two sinuous hollow handles. The teapot's insulators are in polished bone; those of the coffeepot are missing (its handle attachment needs to be revised). - a creamer with molded spout and neck. - a large circular bowl (sugar bowl?) with molded neck. Assayer's hallmark: Andrei Antonovich KOVALESKY (active between 1821 and 1856) - dated 1855. Moscow, mid-19th century. Gross weight (teapot) : 356 g. - Net weight (coffee pot): 502 g. - Total net weight (creamer and cup): 370 g. - Height of pourers: 15 - 9 - 6.5 cm - Diameter of cup: 19 cm. Wear, scratches, a few bumps and small cracks, notably at the handle and at the stem of the coffee pot's fretel flower; oxidation.