Description
Sotheby's, [Published date: 2012]. Softcover, 132 pp; 28 cm; full color illustrations throughout.
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Condition & notes
In very good condition with light edge wear, bumping to corners, and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Includes laid-in prices realized. Auction catalog for Russian Works of Art, Faberge & Icons, New York, Tuesday 17 April 2012, sessions at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. Includes detailed descriptions and photos for lots 1-174 and lots 201-402. Highlights include a rare Faberge carved lapis lazuli desk clock by Henrik Wigstrom; a massive gilded silver and enamel punch bowl and ladle by Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, retailed by Tiffany & Co. (cover lot); an Ovchinnikov punch set; a silver and wood presentation lamp by Karl Gustav Hjalmar Armfelt; a diamond-set presentation cigarette case by Carl Blank to General Nikolai Klunnikov; and a shaded enamel pictorial table cigar box commemorating the 1812 Borodino centennial. Contents: Icons; Bronzes; Porcelain (Imperial, Gardner, Meissen and related services); Silver; Enamels; Faberge objects; Presentation and commemorative pieces; Clocks and desk accessories.