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AN IMPERIAL GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED BOWENITE PAPER KNIFE

Lot 20
02.12.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1507860
Lot 20 | AN IMPERIAL GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED BOWENITE PAPER KNIFE
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
AN IMPERIAL GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED BOWENITE PAPER KNIFE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANNA RINGE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 59928
The cylindrical reeded bowenite handle raised on silver supports, with cabochon garnets at each end, resting on the tapering silver blade and an anthemion-shaped silver foot, inscribed under the blade in Russian 'Christmas tree / 1899', marked on blade and under foot with workmaster's initials
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) long




Provenance

Jointly purchased by Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960) and her husband Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (1866-1933) from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 8 December 1898 for 55 roubles.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1999, lot 74.
Medium:Jade, Precious stones
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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