Sale 3730
New York
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20 May 2015
Price realised
USD 1,500
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A SET OF TWO SILVER SUGAR-BOWLS VARIOUS MAKERS, MOSCOW, LATE 19TH CENTURY Comprising two sugar bowls, both ovoid with handle, one with three ball feet, the body enameled with varicolor foliage, on a gilt ground, mark of Gustav Klingert, 1899-1908, at handle joint and under base; the other sugar-bowl with angular handle, on a circular foot, marked 'P. Ovchinnikov' with the Imperial warrant, 1872, under base The largest 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high
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