Antique Russian Samovar, Batishev (signed), Tula

ANTIQUE RUSSIAN BRASS SAMOVAR with maker's marks for Batishev
Antique Russian Samovar, signed Batashev (Tula)

The urn shape body variant sometimes called "turnip" or 'tulip', on square 4-footed base

Height : 17-1/2", Handle-to-handle, 14" across

Circa : 1840 to 1900.

Retains all original removable parts, with spigot lever, paired handles, paired nobs and lid finial in good original condition.

Original turned wood nobs & handle-grips, retaining much of their original ebonized finish (one with a chip to the wood).

Interior retains the original period heating core.

Signed : in four lines of Cyrillic including the name BATESHEV, thus by a member of the celebrated Bateshev family of samovar makers in Tula.
Signed two places, on front of lid and front of base between feet.

Nice complete original condition.
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