Gold Boxes, Fabergé and Objects of Vertu

Gold Boxes, Fabergé and Objects of Vertu

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Property from an Important East Coast Collection

A Fabergé agate model of a hippopotamus, St Petersburg, circa 1900

Auction Closed

May 25, 03:15 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important East Coast Collection

A Fabergé agate model of a hippopotamus, St Petersburg, circa 1900


realistically carved, with rose-cut diamond eyes, apparently unmarked

length 6.5cm, 2 1⁄2 in.

Princess Maria Sergeevna Koudacheff (1895 - 1990), St Petersburg

Thence by descent