Sale 8974
New York, Park Avenue
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20 October 1998
Price realised
USD 79,500
Estimate
A gold-mounted gemset nephrite Box marked Faberg, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 10846 Oblong, the nephrite body with shaped pentagonal hinges and clasp of opaque oyster enamel each with four cabochon rubies, with scratched Faberg mark on inside of clasp, in original velvet and silk lined wooden box, the cover stamped in Russian 'Faberg St.Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa' with Imperial warrant 2in. (7cm.) long
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