Comprising a teapot, hot water pot, sugar bowl and milk jug, this tea set is of gold enamelled in a pale opaque bluish-white, but there is no engine turning on the metal. This deliberately plain enamelling creates the impression that the tea set is made of porcelain. The lids are each surmounted by a finial in the form of a cabochon ruby. The quality of the gemstones and the rich application of four coloured gold decoration may indicate that this was an imperial commission. The box is of silver-gilt, applied with coloured gold and with guilloché enamel in mauve (the favourite colour of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna), and the lid is set with a panel of crystal. According to a note in Queen Mary's list of bibelots, the tea set originally belonged to Queen Alexandra.

Silver mark of 84 zolotniks; FABERGE in Cyrillic characters