Lot 527
  • 527

A silver model of a bear, Nicholls and Plincke, St Petersburg, circa 1870

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • height including base: 13.7cm, 5 3/8 in.
realistically cast and chased, standing upright on a rock crystal base and growling, struck with Cyrillic initials of workmaster/ proprietor Robert Colqhuon, 84 standard

Condition

Excellent condition and very well-modelled. The rock crystal base possibly later.
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