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    Sale 5954

    Russian Art

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    11 June 2009

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    Lot 72

    A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SWING-HANDLED SUGAR BASKET

    MARK OF KHLEBNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1896/1908

    Price realised

    GBP 2,750

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 2,500

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    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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