Sale 1989
New York
|
18 April 2008
Price realised
USD 10,625
Estimate
A Silver Plique-á-Jour and Cloisonné Enamel Sherbet Cup Marked P. Ovchinnikov with Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1896-1908 The bowl with twisted ropework rim and beaded border and panels of stylized foliage in red, blue and white, raised on a plain stem and circular foot with beaded border and floral band in turquoise, red and white, marked on foot rim 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
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For a smaller sherbet cup with identical decoration, see The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, Christie's, New York, October 20, 1998, lot 138.
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