Sale 6141
London
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14 July 1999
Price realised
GBP 1,610
Estimate
A silver-gilt cloisonn enamel covered Bowl and a Snuff-box the first marked with the initials of Aleksandr Egorov, Moscow, 1892, the second by Maria Semenova, Moscow, 1896-1908 Both circular, the bowl decorated with flowerheads and foliate scrolls on stippled gilt ground within tooth and blue pellet borders, the slightly domed detatchable cover similarly decorated in translucent plique--jour enamel, marked on flange and under base; the second, with hinged cover, decorated with floral and foliate scrolls on olive green ground, marked inside cover and under base the first 3.3/8in. (8.5cm.) diam., the second 2.1/8in. (5.3cm.) diam. (2)
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Saleroom Notice
The number on the illustration for this lot has been transposed with that of lot 161.
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