Lot 73
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
£10,000
Description
An unusual Russian gold-mounted lapis lazuli hand seal with three matrices
Samuel Arnd, St. Petersburg, late 19th century
the cylindrical handle with a veneer of lapis lazuli, the hinged gold mount with openwork collar decorated with wavy motifs, the waisted foot with two hinged mounts enclosing pale purple, orange and oyster-coloured agate matrix engraved with a crest and the Russian monogram ‘EBE’ the emblem of a sheaf of corn
9.5cm long
Provenance:
Christie’s New York, Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art, 16th April 1999, lot 109
Samuel Arnd, St. Petersburg, late 19th century
the cylindrical handle with a veneer of lapis lazuli, the hinged gold mount with openwork collar decorated with wavy motifs, the waisted foot with two hinged mounts enclosing pale purple, orange and oyster-coloured agate matrix engraved with a crest and the Russian monogram ‘EBE’ the emblem of a sheaf of corn
9.5cm long
Provenance:
Christie’s New York, Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art, 16th April 1999, lot 109
Footnote
Provenance:
Christie's New York, Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art, 16th April 1999, lot 109
Christie's New York, Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art, 16th April 1999, lot 109
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