Sale 8974
New York, Park Avenue
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20 October 1998
Price realised
USD 6,900
Estimate
A SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS DECANTER marked Faberg with Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1894 The mounts chased in the Louis XV style with shaped panels, scrolls and laurel branches, the spout with a shell, the domed fluted cover with shell and foliage finial, with shaped branch handle, marked on mount and handle 11in. (28cm.) high
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