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LOT 22:
A RUSSIAN CUT-GLASS AND SILVER-MOUNTED INKWELL BY FABERGE
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Start price:
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4,500
Estimated price :
$6,000 - $8,000
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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sales tax: 8.875%
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A RUSSIAN CUT-GLASS AND SILVER-MOUNTED INKWELL BY FABERGE
A cut-glass inkwell with silver mounts was manufactured at Faberge's Moscow branch. The body and silver base are hexagonal with a laurel border between the two pieces and decorative flaming urn brackets on each side of the body. The piece is topped with a hinged domed silver cover, inset with a silver ruble coin stamped with the image of Empress Elizabeth I. In the interior of the cover and underside of the coin is the image of the double-headed eagle dated 1755. Russian '84' silver marking on both the cover and base. Imperial Warrant (double-headed eagle) above "K. Faberge" in Cyrillic on the base.
Russia - 19th century.
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Dimensions: H: 6 in., (15.2 cm.)
Condition: Very good. Chip on one of the lower corners of the glass body and a small minor chip on one of the upper corners.
