ANTIQUE 1896 BRASS RUSSIAN SAMOVAR

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ANTIQUE 1896 BRASS RUSSIAN SAMOVAR:
$325.00

THIS IS FROM MY FRIEND BILL\'S COLLECTION. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS HERITAGE, AND I AM SURE HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THIS PIECE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ONE OF THE PICS, IT HAS BEEN MARKED 1896. IT STANDS ALMOST 20\" TALL. I BELIEVE THE STAMPING IN THE FRONT OF THE POT ARE CALLED MEDALS AND THERE ARE 8 OF THEM. FOUR OF THE MEDALS HAVE PORTRAITS OF A MAN, POSSIBLY TSAR NICHOLAS II. THE WOOD HANDLES ARE IN DESCENT SHAPE AS WELL AS THE WOODEN HANDLES ON THE TOP AND SIDES OF THE POT. THEY ARE GREEN, PERHAPS THEY WERE PAINTED THAT COLOR. THE TOP WOODEN HANDLES ARE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AS TO CHIPS AND NICKS...HARDLY ANY, THE SIDE HANDLES MAY HAVE SOME, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS OUT OF WEAR. THE BODY OF THE POT SEEMS LIKE IN GOOD SHAPE, NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP BUT NO MAJOR DINGS OR DENTS. ON THE BACK OF THE LID THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF SCRATCHING ON THE LID, BUT IT IS IN THE BACK, NOONE WILL SEE IT UNLESS THEY WANT TO SEE IT. JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THE MARKING IN THE FRONT OF THE POT IS I BELIEVE THE SAME MARKING ON THE LID, HARD TO TELL, I DO NOT READ RUSSIAN. THAT LITTLE VALVE ON THE TOP IS INTACT AND SOLID. I DONT KNOW IF IT LEAKS, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE RESEARCHED, THEY SOMETIMES DID BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RUBBER RINGS THEN. THE WEIGHT OF IT IS OVER 12 LBS. IT\'S OLD AND IT TELLS A STORY, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT.
LOOK AT THE PICS CAREFULLY, ITEM SOLD AS IS. IF YOU WANT ME TO TAKE SPECIFIC ONES, I WILL. GOOD LUCK!