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Lot 575
  • 575

A Fabergé silver tankard, workmaster Jenny Väkevä, St Petersburg, 1904-1908

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Silver, glass
  • height: 27.3, 10 3/4 in.
in neoclassical taste, the tapering body cast with entrelac and ribbon-bound laurel borders, the lid with gadroons and fircone knop, the handle with coin moulding, struck with workmaster's initials and K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard, scratched inventory number 10361

Condition

Excellent condition, the surface with minor scratches consistent with age. Slight lid closure gap.
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