Sale 7381
London
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24 - 25 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 28,800
Estimate
A RUSSIAN JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK-CRYSTAL SCENT-BOTTLE BY FABERGÉ, WITH UNKNOWN WORKMASTER'S MARK AR, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 56439 The compressed globular body carved with spiral fluting, the gold mounts with spiral fluting and a cabochon sapphire finial, with an internal glass stopper, marked reverse 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) long
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