Details
A Russian silver and enamel desk timepiece, Ivan Savelevich Britzin, circa 1912, circular engine turned dial overlaid with translucent enamel, arabic numerals, circular 8-day movement with lever escapement, drum case with rectangular surround, bowed top and bottom, engine turned moire mask overlaid with opalescent enamel, screwed ivorine back, hinged silver strut, stamped with maker's mark and London import mark for 1912, 8.6cm, 3½in. high, original leather covered display box.
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Further details
Ivan Savelevich Britzin was exporting goods to Britain and America between 1900 and 1917, it has been suggested but not proved that Britzin was apprenticed to Faberge.
See: Russian Gold and Silver, Von Solodkoff, p.210.
See: Russian Gold and Silver, Von Solodkoff, p.210.