Samovar “Vase in a form of saucepan ”, “ KULIKOV’s SAUCEPAN”, nickel-plated brass. “Component part of collection branch - SAUCEPANS”. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark on a cover: round stamp with an inscription: «FABR. MOSC. G.B.Ch. KULIKOVA. In the center - I.À. ».
Manufacturing time: ~ third quarter of XIX century.
Body – of standard samovar form of a saucepan. The cylindrical middle part of the body at upper and at bottom part become some wide, developing two rims – the upper, becoming a round, the lower also cylindrical, and all together forming a classic samovar’s body - a saucepan.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown – figure form with patterned cuttings.
Cover – punched simple form with two wooden round knobs on their posts and a steam exhaust valve.
Round - simple and smooth.
Holders – cast, four, curved as a letter “S”, similar vertical horns with round platform of brazing to the body, with figure wooden round handle, between two horns, each on tack fastened by two figure screw-nuts on endings of tack.
Crane – cast, simple form, with a spout like high boot, with cone key and patterned openwork figure handle, with wooden round knob above.
Ash-pit - with patterned cuttings, the same as on the crown.
Base – cast, square. Post of the base is narrowed in the middle part.
Legs – four, lower endings of the base.
Ash-shut – round cover with catch, fastened by small hinge to the bottom of the base.
Stuff, technique: nickel-plated brass, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 7,5 litters.
Height: 480 mm. Width: 375 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 8 marks
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Samovar “Vase in a form of pot”, “TAVERN SAMOVAR”, nickel –plated brass. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark on a cover: on the one hand a unary steam exhaust valve « ALENCCCCHIKOV & ZIMIN” (“ÀËÅÍ×ÈÊΠè ÇÈÌÈÍÚ”) and «SUCCESSORS OF LIUBIMOVA» with another.
Manufacturing time: ~ middle of XIX century.
Body – in a form of standard samovar cylindrical pot with interception in the top part.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown – is absent.
Cover – simple form with high convex bulged neck, with two holders fasten to the cover by four screws, with two horns up each, and with two horizontal wooden round handles between two horns fastened on their tacks by four screw-nuts at endings of the tacks and a steam exhaust valve.
Round - simple and smooth.
Holders – cast, two, in a form of women ear-rings, with platform brazing to the body hinged with the ear-ring, with two round wooden handle on their tacks, fastened by four screw-nuts at endings of tacks.
Crane – cast, simple form with a spout in a form of high boot, with cone key and flat openwork figure handle.
Ash-pit – with patterned cuttings on upper part of the post of the base.
Base – cast, square, standard form.
Legs – patterned four, lug a little forward, bottom part of the base.
Ash-shut – is absent.
Stuff, technique: nickel-plated brass, nickel plating, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 24 litters.
Height: 850 mm. Width: 450 mm.
Restoration: a covering by nickel, completing the set of an accessories.
Status: 6 marks.

Samovar – coffee pot, “FOUNTAIN SEA, OFFICER ”, silver-plated. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark on a face side of the top part of the body of a coffee pot – rubbed: "WMF", an inscription on a circle of the basis for a spirit-lamp: « D. R. Patent ¹ 251365 - is lower - in an oval - the image of two fishes, one above another, the head to a tail - is lower - La Fontana - below, on a circle - Russisches Patent »; a brand on the bottom of spirit-lamp: in an oval - the image of two fishes, one above another, a head to a tail; in an oval - "1,5L"; figure - "2".
Manufacturing time: ~ the end of XIX century, probably, the beginning of XX century.
Body – by design reminds a sphere with two cylindrical parts - from above greater and smaller from below. The cylindrical capacity for a bookmark of the ground coffee, having punching by round apertures in the bottom part, closed by the punched cover and is mounted on a vertical pipe. The bottom part of that pipe is soldered to the massive cylindrical basis and, as a whole, represents the device geyser type for preparing coffee with the boiled water submitted on a pipe from the bottom part of the geyser device in the top punched capacity, with the milled coffee incorporated in it(her). The bottom part of the body - represents a place for heating a coffee pot by a spirit-lamp, is established on bottom cylindrical part of the body, to which three figured, punched with cuttings legs are soldered, curved as the letter “S”, to which bottom part the round basis (round disc) for installation of a spirit-lamp is attached. The basis of a spirit-lamp has øòàìïîâàííóþ an inscription in the center of a circle. The spirit-lamp represents the cylinder with a rounded top edge. In the center of a spirit-lamp the cylinder moving vertically with a wick is established. The special mechanism for adjustment of intensity of burning, is supplied with the wooden handle and located in the top part of a spirit-lamp.
Choke – glass made with a glass knob above, is fixed by three figure latches - bent metal tapes soldered in an interval through 120 degrees on perimeter of the top part of a metal cover of a coffee pot.
Crown – no by design.
Cover – punched, simple form.
Round - represents a thickening of the top cylindrical part of the body.
Holders – two lateral handles with two horns up each, everyone of independent fastening to the body, hold two cylindrical wooden handles on the tacks, strapped outside by four screw-nuts.
Crane – cast simple form; with a cone key with figured wooden handle, lateral fastening to a key
Ash-pit – no by design.
Ash-shut – no by design.
Stuff, technique: nickel-plated brass, nickel plating, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, tinning, assembling; wick, wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 1,5 litters.
Height: 350 mm. Width: 190 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 9 marks.

Samovar “Vase in a form of saucepan ”, “ KISELEV’s SAUCEPAN”, brass. “Component part of collection branch - SAUCEPANS”. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark on a cover: two round stamps with illegible inscriptions on edges it is horizontal located oval, an inscription on the top edge of an oval: «I. KISELEV», on the bottom edge: « In MOSCOW».
Manufacturing time: ~ middle of XIX century.
Body – of standard samovar form of a saucepan. The cylindrical middle part of the body at upper and at bottom part become some wide, developing two rims – the upper, becoming a round, the lower also cylindrical, and all together forming a classic samovar’s body - a saucepan.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown – figure form with patterned cuttings.
Cover – punched simple form with two wooden round knobs on their posts and a steam exhaust valve.
Round - simple and smooth.
Holders – cast, four, curved as a letter “S”, similar vertical horns with round platform of brazing to the body, with figure wooden round handle, between two horns, each on tack fastened by two figure screw-nuts on endings of tack.
Crane – cast, simple form, with a spout like high boot, with cone key and flat openwork figure handle.
Ash-pit - with patterned cuttings, the same as on the crown.
Base – cast, square. Post of the base is narrowed in the middle part.
Legs – four, lower endings of the base, lug a little forward.
Ash-shut – round cover with catch, fastened by small hinge to the bottom of the base.
Stuff, technique: brass, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 8 litters.
Height: 550 mm. Width: 410 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 6 marks.

Òhe Vessel for fault “ the Vase copper a flask oval on brazier ”, “ the COPPER FLASK ”, Collection. Antiques.
The manufacturer - a brand is absent. Probably, it is made in Warsaw or Europe. Time of manufacturing: ~ the second - the third quarter of XIX century. The body is of the oval form. The crane of the cast brass simple form with a pith key and with two figured horizontal handles from a black material. Two lateral handles of double fastening on two rivets everyone and to the body are made by the soldering as openwork cast copper rings and fasten to the top part of the body, near to a mouth. On a cover riverted the openwork copper handle as a ring. The crown is absent. The top part of a mouth of the body is decorated with a figured ornament on all perimeter of a mouth. A bottom of the body flat as soldered to walls of the body an oval copper plate. The body is removed from the copper basis (æàðîâíè) for two top handles. The basis represents a demountable bottom part of a samovar with ïîääóâàëîì and figured punching on perimeter for a bookmark inside the brazier hot coal with the purpose of maintenance of temperature of a hot drink. Two Handles also are soldered to the top part of brazier are riveted openwork in a ring form the handles similar to the handles on the top part the body. Four legs also are soldered to a bottom of the basis of the brazier riveted openwork, legs little bit acting forward. The basis is capacity of the brazier.
A material, engineering: copper, brass, , a stamp, the soldering, mount; turnibg; tins.
Capacity ~ 5 L.
Height: 400 mm.
Width (in the widest part): 290 mm.
A condition - 10 points.

Samovar “Vase in a form of a jug”, “ARABIAN”, silver-plated copper, minted, totally engraved. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark is absent.
Manufacturing time: ~ second - third quarter of XIX century.
Body – in the form a little the cylinder extending from top to rounded bottom. Fourteen vertically - extended ovals with prominent rims are minted and engraved by flourish ornaments on bodies perimeter.
Choke – in a form of a hip with metallic knob, all surface is engraved by flourish ornaments, fastened to cover by a hinge.
Crown – no.
Cover – in a form of flat hip, all surface is engraved by flourish ornaments, fastened to the holder (body) by a hinge.
Round – is the top part of the body, is engraved with flower belt.
Holders – one, cast, in a form of curved as letter “S” and engraved snake with open mouth, soldered to the upper part of the body and by its tail soldered to the lower part.
Crane – in a form of Arabian spout of teapot, all surface is engraved by flourish ornaments, with its cover on the upper part of the spout, fastened by hinge.
Ash-pit – patterned, openwork perforation on the cone surface of the post of the base, all surface is engraved by flourish ornaments and belts.
Base – flat round plate,
Legs – no by design.
Ash-shut – no by design.
Stuff, technique: silver-plated copper, silver-plating, inner tinning, chasing, minting, engraving, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, assembling.
Capacity: ~ 1,25 litters.
Height: 330 mm. Width: 275 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 10 marks
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Samovar “Vase in a form of fragmented wine-glass”, “SMALL CHESS QUEEN”, brass. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: rubbed trademark on a cover: « the Print of a medal - an inscription above - TULA - an inscription below – TRADE HOUSE COMPANY – Brothers SHEMARINS in TULA – FABRIC. BRAND - a print of a medal ». Near to steam exhaust valve a brand - « 1st sort».
Manufacturing time: ~ third quarter of XIX century.
Body – in a form of wine-glass fragmented by triangles with interception in the top part. The bottom part of the wine-glass body passes in a sphere with medallions.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown –figure form with round cuttings.
Cover –punched simple form with two wooden round knobs on their posts and a steam exhaust valve.
Round – cast, patterned.
Holders – cast, two, each with two vertical horns and patterned platform of brazing to the body, with figure wooden round handle, between two horns, and on tack fastened by two figure screw-nuts on endings of tack.
Crane – cast, of the simple form is soldered to an obverse medallion on figured platform, a spout like a high boot with the top small horn for fastening a water-strainer; with a cone key and openwork handle with wooden knob above.
Ash-pit – as round cuttings the same as on the crown.
Base – cast, round, in a form of a hip. The post of the base narrowed in the middle part.
Legs – patterned four, lug a little forward, bottom part of the base.
Ash-shut – round cover with catch, fastened by small hinge to the bottom of the base.
Stuff, technique: brass, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 4,2 litters.
Height: 480 mm. Width: 350 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 9 marks.

Samovar “Vase in a form of fragmented wine-glass”, “AVERAGE CHESS QUEEN”, brass. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: rubbed trademark on a cover: « the Print of a medal - an inscription above - TULA - an inscription below – TRADE HOUSE COMPANY – Brothers SHEMARINS in TULA – FABRIC. BRAND - a print of a medal ».
Manufacturing time: ~ third quarter of XIX century.
Body – in a form of wine-glass fragmented by triangles with interception in the top part. The bottom part of the wine-glass body passes in a sphere with medallions.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown –figure form with round cuttings.
Cover –punched simple form with two wooden round knobs on their posts and a steam exhaust valve.
Round – round and smooth.
Holders – cast, two, each with two vertical horns and patterned platform of brazing to the body, with figure wooden round handle, between two horns, and on tack fastened by two figure screw-nuts on endings of tack.
Crane – cast, of the simple form is soldered to an obverse medallion on figured platform, a spout like a high boot with the top small horn for fastening a water-strainer; with a cone key and openwork handle with wooden knob above.
Ash-pit – as round cuttings the same as on the crown.
Base – cast, square, in a form of a hip, with four rectangular lug a little forward on each side of the base. The post of the base narrowed in the middle part.
Legs – patterned four, lug a little forward, bottom part of the base.
Ash-shut – round cover with catch, fastened by small hinge to the bottom of the base.
Stuff, technique: brass, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 6,5 litters.
Height: 550 mm. Width: 380 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 9 marks.

Samovar “Vase in a form of saucepan”, “SUROVTSEV’s SAUCEPAN”, brass. “Component part of collection branch - SAUCEPANS”. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark - engraved inscription on a cover: "FACTORY SUROVTSEVA IN MOSCOW'".
Manufacturing time: ~ first quarter of XIX century.
Body – Body – of standard samovar form of a saucepan. The cylindrical middle part of the body at upper and at bottom part become some wide, developing two rims – the upper, becoming a round, the lower as a hemisphere, and all together forming a classic samovar’s body - a saucepan.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown – figure form with patterned cuttings.
Cover – punched simple form with two wooden round knobs on their posts and without steam exhaust valve.
Round - simple and smooth.
Holders – cast, four, curved as a letter “S”, similar vertical horns with round platform of brazing to the body, with figure wooden round handle, between two horns, each on tack fastened by two figure screw-nuts on endings of tack.
Crane – cast, simple form, with a spout like high boot, with cone key and figure handle curved as a letter “U”, with wooden round knob above.
Ash-pit - with patterned cuttings.
Base – cast, square. Post of the base is narrowed in the middle part.
Legs – four, in a form of turned over mushrooms at corners of the base.
Ash-shut – is absent.
Stuff, technique: brass, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 4 litters.
Height: 430 mm. Width: 340 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 9 marks.

Samovar “Vase in a form of saucepan”, “LARGE SUROVTSEV’s SAUCEPAN”, brass. “Component part of collection branch - SAUCEPANS”. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark - is absent, but as analogies to a samovar ¹ 85 - engraved inscription on a cover: "FACTORY SUROVTSEVA IN MOSCOW'".
Manufacturing time: ~ first quarter of XIX century.
Body– of standard samovar form of a saucepan. The cylindrical middle part of the body at upper and at bottom part become some wide, developing two rims – the upper, becoming a round, the lower as a hemisphere, and all together forming a classic samovar’s body - a saucepan.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown – figure form with patterned cuttings.
Cover – punched, with high bulged neck, with two wooden round knobs on their posts, without steam exhaust valve.
Round - simple and smooth.
Holders – cast, four, curved as a letter “S”, similar vertical horns with round platform of brazing to the body, with figure wooden round handle, between two horns, each on tack fastened by two figure screw-nuts on endings of tack.
Crane – cast, simple form, with a spout like high boot, with cone key and figure handle curved as a letter “U”, with wooden round knob above.
Ash-pit - with patterned cuttings.
Base – cast, square. Post of the base is narrowed in the middle part.
Legs – four, in a form of turned over mushrooms at corners of the base.
Ash-shut – is absent.
Stuff, technique: brass, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 15 litters.
Height: 605 mm. Width: 420 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 9 marks.

Samovar “Vase in a form of semi sphere”, “MALIKOV’s VASE”, tombac. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark on a face side of the base: « NIKOLAS MALIKOV IN TULA ».
Manufacturing time: ~ middle of XIX century.
Body – represents the semi sphere truncated in the top part smoothly narrowed, forming an isthmus, then extending smoothly passes in a flat round.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown – figure form with round cuttings, with flat upper part as a disc for teapot.
Cover – punched, simple form, with two wooden round knobs on their posts and a steam exhaust valve.
Round - simple and smooth.
Holders – cast, patterned, in a form of letter “U”, with patterned round platforms on each end of the letter “U”, by which brazing to the body and wooden plates fastened by four screws under middle part of each holder as thermo isolators.
Crane – cast, simple form, with a spout like high boot, with cone key and patterned openwork figure handle with round wooden knob above.
Ash-pit – no.
Base – cast, square. High post of the base is narrowed in the middle part.
Legs – four, in a form of turned over mushrooms at corners of the base.
Ash-shut – round cover with catch, fastened by small hinge to the bottom of the base.
Stuff, technique: tombac, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 5,5 litters.
Height: 400 mm. Width: 370 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 9 marks.

Samovar “Vase a in a form of fragmented wine-glass with front mirror and monogram”, “KEROSENE BYZANTIAN WINE-GLASS WITH MONOGRAM”, brass. “Component part of collection branch - kerosene samovars”. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark on a cover «Charter approved by Imperator on April 10th, 1898 » lower – two prints of one medal with an inscription: «1870» - an inscription - « COMPANY STEAM SAMOVAR FACTORY of SUCCESSORS V.S.BATASHEV in TULA», the Arms with portrayal of two-headed eagle
The second trademark on a cover near a steam exhaust valve - « Nickel-plating by V.S.Batashev's successors of company factory», on the other side of steam exhaust valve «1st sort». A little further - « ROBERT - more to the right - an inscription «trade mark» above the image of a horseshoe with the crossed hammers and anvils inside a horseshoe, more to the right an inscription - KENTS ».
Manufacturing time: ~ last quarter of XIX century, probably, the beginning of XX century.
Body – form of fragmented wine-glass with interception in the top part, with front mirror with the monogram is engraved by Latin letters: « R, Y, B ». The body is fastened to the upper part of the post of the base by three screws. An inspection and ignition window with oven-door plate is mounted at the bottom of the body to the left of the crane.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown – of complicated form, with patterned cuttings.
Cover – punched, simple form with two round wooden knobs on their posts and steam exhaust valve.
Round – cast, ornamented by convex half-balls along all length of the round.
Holders – cast, two Byzantian vertical patterned, each consists of two brass holders (upper and lower) and figure wooden handle between them on tacks with four screw-nuts fastened endings of tacks. Four platforms of two holders are brazing to the body.
Crane – cast , of the simple form, with a cone key and openwork handle, with wooden knob above.
Ash-pit – as patterned cuttings, the same as on the crown on the upper part of the post of the base. At the bottom of the ash-pit mounted the screw of the mechanism of regulation of a flame of a match at which end face it is represented ëàìïàäêà with an inscription above it is located: "St." and « PROMETHEUS BRENNER » under it. On the mechanism of burning there is an inscription: "PATENT". Below the post of the base is narrowed and, extending, smoothly passes in the hip form base.
Base – cast, in a form of round capacity for kerosene of hip form in the top part with the jellied mouth located on the back party(side) of the basis and having thread fuse with a lead lining without a drainage aperture. In the bottom part the base has the convex bottom and four openwork legs in a form of hoofs.
Legs –four openwork legs in a form of hoofs.
Ash-shut –no by design.
Stuff, technique: brass, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wick, wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 4,5 litters.
Height: 500 mm. Width: 330 mm.
Restoration: internal tinning, polishing, an accessories.
Status: 10 marks.

Samovar - coffee pot, “Coffee pot – “BUMBLEBEE WITH MEDALLION”, silver-plated, all surface covered by patterned ornament, with light oxide. “Component part of collection branch – COFFEE POTS”. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: a brand on the bottom of the body: in an oval the letter "N", lower « NORBLIN and Co - lower - GALW: below - WARSZAWA », lower - "1201", lower – punched print of a cross.
«PLATED» and «FRAGET W WARSZAWIE».
Manufacturing time: ~ the end of XIX century.
Body – on a design reminds a cylindrical body of wasp - two cylindrical capacities having in an average part a narrow waist. In front of capacity are connected among themselves by a drainage tube of small diameter. A small diameter pipe on the top of the front side of upper cylinder is served as steam exhaust. All surface of the device covered by with patterned ornaments produced by special technological operation. Put on the upper smooth ring soldered to three legs.
Choke – punched, simple form of hip, with round metallic knob on its post, covered by with patterned ornaments.
Crown – no by design.
Cover –simple form of pipe, by design is a container for just-milled coffee, submitted inside and on a bottom with tube of a complex(difficult) configuration to lift boiling water up from the bottom cylinder of the body in top of cover and forming a geyser mechanism for coffee preparation with the boiled water. Covered by with patterned ornaments with medallion on front side.
Round – simple and smooth.
Holders – two lateral holders with two horns up each, everyone of independent brazing to the body by the patterned semicircular platforms, hold two cylindrical wooden handles, each on the tack , strapped outside by screw-nuts.
Crane – cast, simple form with a cone key and flat figured openwork branch above.
Ash-pit – no by design.
Base – two smooth rings soldered to three legs on upper and middle part of them. A cylindrical spirit lamp with a wick mounted on the ring soldered to the middle part of legs.
Legs – cast, three, concave curved.
Ash-shut – no by design.
Stuff, technique: silver-plated copper, special technological operation to produce surface with patterned ornament, inner silvering, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, assembling; wick, wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 0,85 litter.
Height: 330 mm. Width: 130 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 9 marks.

Samovar “Vase in a form of a gun”, “NORBLIN’s GUN WITH MEDALLION”, German silver, silver-plated, all surface covered by patterned ornaments, with light noble oxide. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: trademark on the bottom part of the base in a circle: « NORBLIN and Co, in the center - GALW.; below - WARSZAWA », above circle – “E”, under circle - «1024–lower- ÀÀ »; more to the right one more circle with the image of a swan with a star above its head.
Manufacturing time: ~ third quarter of XIX century.
Body – standard samovar vase in the form of a smooth artillery gun (a cone truncated in narrow top and rounded in wide bottom part, both decorated with the chasing belts of lugged and ornamented of half-balls) without medallions with two decorative prominent belts as convex spheres in the top and bottom parts of the body on behalf smooth surface of the body. All surface covered by patterned ornaments.
Choke – complicated configuration of hip with ivory round knob on it post.
Crown – figure form with patterned cuttings. A flat removable disc for teapot is above the crown.
Cover – simple form of flat hip all surface decorated by patterned ornaments, with two ivory round knobs on their posts.
Round – simple and smooth.
Holders – four cast patterned pieces as horn up each by round patterned platforms brazing to the body, with two figure combined metal-ivory round handles, each is embraced between two horns by two tacks fastened by four figure screw-nuts on endings of tacks.
Crane – cast, figure form of monster head, with cone key, fastened to the bottom of the crane by figure screw-nut, with figure patterned horizontal handle in a form of arrow.
Ash-pit – with high cylindrical convex bulged part of the base post, with patterned cuttings.
Base – cast, square, in a form of a hip.
Legs – cast, four, patterned four, in a form of applique tendrils at corners of the base.
Ash-shut – round bayoneted cover with knob at the bottom of the base.
Stuff, technique: German silver, silver-plated, inner silvering, special technological operation to produce surface with patterned ornament, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, assembling; ivory turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 5 litters.
Height: 480 mm. Width: 265 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Complete set of this samovar consists of: samovar, tea-tray with the same medallion and surface treated by patterned ornaments as samovar has, teapot with ivory handle and metallic knob in a form of rose on the cover with hinge, also with the same medallion and surface treated by patterned ornaments samovar has, sugar-basin with two curved metallic handles and metallic knob in a form of rose on the cover with hinge, with the same medallion and surface treated by patterned ornaments samovar has, and glass-holder with metallic curved handle and surface treated by patterned ornaments samovar has.
Status: 10 marks.

Samovar “Vase in a form of semi-egg”, “PUSHKOV’s SEMI-EGG”, nickel-plated copper, samovar was nickel-plated by its owner later. Collection. Antique.
Manufacturer: an illegible brand on a face side of the base.
Manufacturing time: ~ first quarter of XIX century.
Body – in a form of cylinder at lower part passing in a hemisphere. Body’s top part is narrowed forming an interception in the top part then passing in a simple flat round.
Choke – simple configuration with wooden round knob on its post.
Crown – of complicated form, with patterned cuttings, soldered to the cover.
Cover – punched, simple form with two round wooden knobs on their posts and steam exhaust valve.
Round - simple, smooth, flat.
Holders – cast, four, curved as a letter “S”, similar vertical horns with round platform of brazing to the body, with figure wooden round handle, between two horns, each on tack fastened by two figure screw-nuts on endings of tack.
Crane – cast, simple form, with a spout like high boot, with cone key and figure handle curved as a letter “U”, with wooden round knob above.
Ash-pit – no.
Base – cast, square. Post of the base is narrowed in the middle part.
Legs – four, in a form of turned over mushrooms at corners of the base.
Ash-shut – round cover with metallic knob fastened to an additional bottom plate of the base.
Stuff, technique: brass, nickel plating, chasing, caulking, punching, soldering, brazing, inner tinning, assembling; wood turning and cutting.
Capacity: ~ 1,5 litters.
Height: 315 mm. Width: 225 mm.
Restoration: there is no necessity.
Status: 7 marks.