Sale 8974
New York, Park Avenue
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20 October 1998
Price realised
USD 11,500
Estimate
A MINIATURE CHALCEDONY AND GEMSET MODEL OF A PIG by Faberg, St. Petersburg, circa 1890 Realistically carved, with ruby eyes, apparently unmarked, in an original velvet and silk-lined wooden box, the cover stamped in Russian 'Faberg St. Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa' with Imperial warrant 1in. (2.5cm.) long
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