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MARK OF SAMUEL ARNDT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND AGATE DESK-SEAL
MARK OF SAMUEL ARNDT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Finely cast and chased as an armed warrior mounted on a rearing horse, on a naturalistic gilt base formed as a rock, the matrix blank, in the original Nicholls and Plincke velvet and silk-lined leather box, marked on base
4 1/8 in. (10.3 cm.) high
MARK OF SAMUEL ARNDT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Finely cast and chased as an armed warrior mounted on a rearing horse, on a naturalistic gilt base formed as a rock, the matrix blank, in the original Nicholls and Plincke velvet and silk-lined leather box, marked on base
4 1/8 in. (10.3 cm.) high
Provenance
James Murphy, a dentist in St Petersburg in the late nineteenth century, who is believed to have attended the Emperor.
Given to his grand-niece, Josephine Murphy, upon her marriage to Sir Somerset French in 1893.
An inherited estate.
Given to his grand-niece, Josephine Murphy, upon her marriage to Sir Somerset French in 1893.
An inherited estate.
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Aino-Leena Grapin
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