Sale 2308
New York
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23 April 2010
Price realised
USD 23,750
Estimate
A Carved Bowenite Model of a Frog By Fabergé, circa 1900 Realistically carved, with gold-mounted ruby eyes, in a green velvet fitted Wartski case, apparently unmarked 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) long
Provenance
Wartski, London. Purchased from the above by the present owner.
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Pre-Lot Text
Property of a Massachusetts Collector
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