Lot 321
  • 321

Three enamel egg pendants

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Silver
  • height of the largest 1.3cm, 1/2 in.
the first of translucent white over banded wavy engine-turning, struck AH and _Sh (Cyrillic); the second, St Petersburg, 1899-1904, of translucent red over a hatched surface, struck IT (Cyrillic); the third re-enamelled in opaque white, struck FA (Cyrillic), later mark of the Paris Crédit Municipale; all 56 standard

Condition

As mentioned in the catalogue, the third egg has been re-enameled. The first egg with tiny losses to the enamel; the smaller loop has been re-glued. The second red egg in very good condition.
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