SALE 1528 — RUSSIAN ART
2 June 2014
London, King Street
LOT 344
Estimate
£25,000 - £30,000 ($41,825 - $50,190)
Price Realized
£50,000 ($83,700)
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL BOX
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER POSSIBLY 45430
Rectangular, the hinged cover centring an en plein enamel plaque depicting a kissing couple, possibly after Sergei Solomko, within coils and foliate motifs, enamelled overall with floral and geometric motifs in shades of blue, maroon and brown on black and blue grounds, the cover with blue beaded border and set with silver-gilt thumb-piece, marked inside cover and under base
1 7/8 in. (3.7 cm.) wide