This tea set was produced at the factory of Matvey Kuznetsov in Dulevo in 1872 — 1889. The set includes a teapot, sugar bowl, creamer, rinse bowl, and cups with saucers. All items are made of porcelain, manually painted with overglaze and decorated with gilding.

The teapot is made in the form of a “turnip”: it has a rounded, slightly flattened body, and the handle is decorated with a twisted relief, called a braid. On the bottom of the teapot, there is a factory stamp and a seal with the coat of arms, framed by a cartouche — curly stucco scrolls. The inscription under the coat of arms points to the place of production: “In Dulevo 1”. And in the cartouche, there is a preserved name of the factory: “M. S. Kuznetsov.” The same marks are stamped on all items of the set.

Next to the teapot is a sugar bowl with a rounded body. They served sugar in it and took sugar pieces with special tongs. The creamer was used to add cream to tea.

A rinse bowl used for rinsing cups and saucers in it was an obligatory attribute on the tea table. They discarded used tea leaves in the bowl. The set was designed for a large number of people, but only two cups with saucers have survived to this day.

The set came to the museum from distant relatives of the merchant dynasty Gundobin. As a rule, such sets were intended for traditional family tea parties.

Along with tea set, Natalia Nasonova-Gundobina donated also other items of the family crockery. She told:

As Nasonova-Gundobina told, in 1921 her grandfather Petr Gundobin with his wife Maria and two children moved to Moscow. They transported everything necessary for living in a foreign city from their native home. Among these things were a sideboard, a birch table for 20 people, a mirrored closet, two chests, icons, family albums, a copper mortar, and several tea sets.

The creamer is also housed in the museum. It bears the Kuznetsov stamp of 1892 — 1917. It was made at his other factory, which was located in the village of Verbilki in the Moscow region.