Lot 132
  • 132

A Group of Fifteen Silver Knife Rests, Bolin, Moscow, 1908-1917

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • silver
  • Length (Bolin) 3 3/4 in., 9.5 cm; (Fabergé) 4 in., 10 cm
the twelve Bolin reeded knife rests with two griffins facing each other, with later Soviet control marks; sold with three Fabergé knife rests formed with a wreath and thyrsos design, struck K. Fabergé in Cyrillic with Imperial Warrant

Provenance

A La Vieille Russie, New York
Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collection of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, November 3, 2005, lot 55

Condition

some wear
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