Sale 2190
New York
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1 - 2 September 2009
Price realised
USD 15,000
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A GROUP OF RUSSIAN SILVER ENAMELED TABLE ARTICLES, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY, comprising a tea glass holder, mark of the 11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917, .875; a salt throne, maker's mark for Gustav Klingert, assayer's mark for Ivan Sergeevich Lebedkin, Moscow, 1896-1908, .875; and a large spoon, marked Liubavin, assayer's mark for Yakov Lyapunov, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, .916 The spoon 7in. (18cm.) long, 11.5oz. approximate gross weight (3)
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