Sale 7381
London
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24 - 25 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,640
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A RUSSIAN SILVER CIGARETTE-CASE ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT Olbong, the sides, base and hinged cover chased with reeded bands, with a cabochon sapphire thumbpiece, marked inside base and cover 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) long gross weight 6 oz. (192 gr.)
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Valentin Skurlov lists this mark as that of Andrei Adler as a workmaster supplying Fabergé (T. Fabergé, A. Gorina, V. Skurlov, Fabergé and St. Petersburg Jewellery, St. Petersburg, 1997, p.111).
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