Sale 5954
London, South Kensington
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11 June 2009
Price realised
GBP 2,750
Estimate
A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SWING-HANDLED SUGAR BASKET MARK OF KHLEBNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1896/1908 The sides decorated with six oval panels containing shaded polychrome flowers and leaves on white ground principally in pink, blue and green within ropework borders, the sides further decorated with scrolling cloisons on a blue ground, the swing handle similarly decorated with shaded flowers 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diameter
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