Lot 17
  • 17

a rare fabergé gold and translucent enamel combination paper knife and pencil case, workmaster Vladimir Soloviev, St. Petersburg, circa 1900

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • length 4 3/4 in. 12 cm
of oval section and with pointed end, enameled with translucent royal blue and yellow stripes over guilloché grounds, the racing colors of Leopold de Rothschild, the border chased with leaf-tips, fitted with a pencil with polished gold grip, marked with Cyrillic initials of workmaster and 72 standard.

Provenance

Sold, Christie's, Geneva, November 17, 1981, lot 55