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Property from the Collection of Boris Fuchsmann, Germany

A silver-gilt and champlevé enamel salt throne, Andrei Bragin, St Petersburg, circa 1890

Auction Closed

November 25, 06:21 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

decorated with opaque and translucent enamel geometric motifs, inscribed in Russian: 'Eat bread and salt, speak the truth', 'With a piece of bread, it's heaven even under a pine tree' and 'Our great grandfathers ate simple food and lived well', the curved pierced back similarly decorated and centred with a cockerel in translucent green and red, the reverse engraved, struck to base and reverse with maker's initials, 88 standard, Soviet control marks


height 11 cm; 3 3/8 in.

Sotheby’s London, 9 June 2010, lot 547