AN IMPERIAL PRESENTATION GOLD LOCKET

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£ 5 000
Auction dateClassic
21.07.2020 17:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 370529
Lot 69 | AN IMPERIAL PRESENTATION GOLD LOCKET
Oval, the hinged cover opening to reveal two compartments, set with a painted icon of the Mother of God of Kazan on the left and St Alexander Nevsky on the right, the cover engraved with the Russian inscription '[To] the Beloved / Monarch / 19 February 1880', the reverse further engraved with a Russian prayer, with suspension loop, apparently unmarked, with an import mark
13/4 in. (4.5 cm.) high, excluding loop
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