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A comparable seal enamelled in pale blue with the mark of Ivan Britsyn is part of the British Royal collection, see Caroline de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, p. 262.
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PROPERTY OF A ROYAL HOUSE
A GEM-SET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER DESK-SEAL
PROBABLY BY IVAN BRITSYN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Details
A GEM-SET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER DESK-SEAL
PROBABLY BY IVAN BRITSYN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
The tapering body enamelled overall in oyster white over wavy guilloché ground, surmounted by a cabochon sapphire, decorated with a laurel band, the nephrite matrix vacant, marked on body; in a fitted Noble & Co. box
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
PROBABLY BY IVAN BRITSYN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
The tapering body enamelled overall in oyster white over wavy guilloché ground, surmounted by a cabochon sapphire, decorated with a laurel band, the nephrite matrix vacant, marked on body; in a fitted Noble & Co. box
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
With Wartski, London.
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