The Wellby Collection

Teapot

Fedor Ilin
Andrej Sajzew, warden

silver, wood, elephant-ivory, glass

1739

19 cm height

Heraldry:: arms of Luchkov of Russia. Semon Luchkov of the Company of Life Guards was granted the rank of nobility for himself and descendants in 1741 by Empress Elisabeth of Russia
Inscription/Mark: city mark of Moscow, double eagle with the word: '[M]OCKBA' (moskva) (struck on the base)
Inscription/Mark: '39' over 's', interpreted by M. Wellby as 1739, warden Andrej Sajzew (struck on the base)
Maker's mark: in a heart-shaped punch '??' perhaps above an 'I', interpreted by M. Wellby as the maker's mark of Fedor Ilin (struck on the base)

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Place of Creation: Moscow

WA2013.1.332

Teapot, on octagonal foot, tapering towards the top with flutings at the corners. The tiered hinged lid with a wooden button, the handle is formed as a serpent with ivory teeth and glass eyes. The spout is formed as sea-creature. The interior is gilt. Engraved on one side with a shield of arms with crest, helm, mantling, scroll with a motto in Russian and impaled shield of arms, identified by M. Wellby as those of Semon Luchkov. Scratched beneath the base: 'AN'.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.