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Lot 624
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A Fabergé silver and enamel vodka beaker, workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St Petersburg, 1899-1904

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver and enamel
  • height 4.7cm, 1 7/8 in.
cylindrical, the side enamelled in a band of translucent midnight blue over engine-turned stripes, the front inset with a silver ten kopek coin of Empress Catherine II dated 1784, on three ball feet, struck with workmaster's initials and K. Fabergé in Cyrillic, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 10016

Condition

There is one small repair to the emanel, approximately 2mm by 2mm. Wear to the surface of the coin, signs of having been originally gilded.
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