Lot 43
  • 43

a rare pair of fabergé gilded silver table candlesticks, workmaster karl gustav hjalmar armfelt, st. petersburg, 1908-17

Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • height 8 in. 20.3 cm
with square bases and tapered stems, chased with swans, cornucopiae and crossed branches of laurel, the bases chased with acanthus leaves and applied on each side with a rosette, the bases weighted, marked with Cyrillic initials of workmaster, Fabergé in Cyrillic and 88 standard, also with London import marks for 1917.

Provenance

A La Vieille Russie, New York
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, March 1, 1980, lot 441