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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE
TWO NIELLO AND SILVER -GILT ÉTUIS, A SCENT BOTTLE AND A HORN MOUNT
THE ÉTUIS, RUSSIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY; THE SCENT BOTTLE, MARK OF AFANASII AND STEPAN POPOV, VELIKII USTIUG, CIRCA 1760; THE HORN MOUNT, GEORGIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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TWO NIELLO AND SILVER -GILT ÉTUIS, A SCENT BOTTLE AND A HORN MOUNT
THE ÉTUIS, RUSSIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY; THE SCENT BOTTLE, MARK OF AFANASII AND STEPAN POPOV, VELIKII USTIUG, CIRCA 1760; THE HORN MOUNT, GEORGIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The étuis, one nielloed with architectural views on gilt stippled ground, the other nielloed with ribbon garlands on gilt chevron ground, both with indistinct maker’s marks, one also with import marks; the scent bottle, nielloed with pastoral figures within rocaille borders, the sides nielloed with floral garlands on gilt stippled ground, the cover on a chain, marked under base; the horn mount shaped as a mythological animal’s head, nielloed with geometric and scrolling foliate motifs on gilt stippled ground, the eyes set with turquoise, apparently unmarked
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) long, and smaller
6.1 oz. (190 gr.) gross
THE ÉTUIS, RUSSIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY; THE SCENT BOTTLE, MARK OF AFANASII AND STEPAN POPOV, VELIKII USTIUG, CIRCA 1760; THE HORN MOUNT, GEORGIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The étuis, one nielloed with architectural views on gilt stippled ground, the other nielloed with ribbon garlands on gilt chevron ground, both with indistinct maker’s marks, one also with import marks; the scent bottle, nielloed with pastoral figures within rocaille borders, the sides nielloed with floral garlands on gilt stippled ground, the cover on a chain, marked under base; the horn mount shaped as a mythological animal’s head, nielloed with geometric and scrolling foliate motifs on gilt stippled ground, the eyes set with turquoise, apparently unmarked
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) long, and smaller
6.1 oz. (190 gr.) gross
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