From the era to Tsar Nicholas I, this rare Russian silver teapot of remarkable workmanship is designed as a plump quince with a trompe l’oeil leaf spout and finial on a domed hinged lid, the naturalistic handle shaped as a rusticated quince vine, its truncated base upturned to reveal age rings, with gilded interior. The teapot is by the renowned St. Petersburg silversmith Carl Adolf Siepel and is engraved with initials CJ below a coronet, denoting a princely provenance.