Mikhail Ovchinnikov (active 1888-1917, company since 1853), Tea set

consisting of a teapot (H. 14 cm, W. 23 cm, D. 10.2 cm), sugar bowl (H. 14 cm, W. 17.5 cm, D. 10 cm), creamer (H. 9.8 cm, W. 11.5 cm, D. 6.5 cm) and tray (H. 4.5 cm, W. 43.5 cm, D. 32 cm);
sterling silver partly gilded, hallmarked (on each object - double-headed eagle / M. Ovchinnikov - in a rectangle; on the teapot - hallmark with sample 84, head in cocoon and initials of the probe in oval, on the sugar bowl and tray - hallmark with letter alpha, head in cocoon and sample 84 - in oval, on the creamer and teapot - French import mark - in oval, on the teapot - Yugoslavian import mark of 1933 - in oval); total weight approx. 2526 g.
St. Petersburg, ca. 1908
The teapot and sugar bowl with arched lids, topped with a bone dome on a arched rosette; bone ear of the teapot, broken, set in silver sleeves, in other vessels silver; the spout of the teapot in the form of a spout. The interiors of the dishes gilded. Oval tray, smooth, with a raised collar, framed by a profiled band, with oval handles on the long axis.
The mark of the Ovchinnikov company with the initial M. first appeared in 1888 after Pavel Ovchinnikov's death, when his eldest son Mikhail took over the company. He also had the right to mint the court supplier's mark - a two-headed eagle - as well as use his father's nametag.