Description
Christies's, London [Published date: 2005]. Softcover, 256 pp; illustrated throughout with full-color plates; 27 cm.
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Condition & notes
In very good condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers with light shelfwear and mild scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Auction catalog for the sale of Russian Works of Art, Faberge, and Silver held in London on Wednesday 30 November and Thursday 1 December 2005. The sale included property from The Howard Gilman Foundation and The Estate of the Countess Grocholski, as well as important European private collections. Highlights include a Faberge gem-set grey chalcedony group of three Pekinese dogs, ca. 1890; a porcelain soup plate from the Orlov Service, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Catherine II; a pair of George IV silver wine coolers, John Bridge, London, 1824; a George II silver oval cake basket by Peter Archambo, London, 1736; a highly important George II silver seal-salver, engraved by Charles Gardner, London, 1728; the Altenstetter Service, a unique German Renaissance enamelled silver banqueting service, circa 1615; and Faberge bowenite, enamelled, and silver-mounted objets de vertu, ca. 1890-1910. Includes detailed lot descriptions with provenance, scholarly references, and high-quality photographic reproductions.