Lot 657
Lot 657
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RUSSIAN CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL DESK SET

MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'P.E.D.', ST PETERSBURG, 1880

Price Realised USD 37,800
Estimate
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, any applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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A RUSSIAN CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL DESK SET

MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'P.E.D.', ST PETERSBURG, 1880

Price Realised USD 37,800
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Price Realised USD 37,800
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Rectangular, the base on four bracket feet, cast and chased with strapwork and logs, further decorated with three champlevé enameled trompe l'oeil embroidered table runners, supporting three trompe l'oeil containers shaped as izbas with detachable roof covers, with a pen holder shaped as two stylized cockerels, marked throughout with Cyrillic maker's marks 'P.E.D.' and 'P.D.'
1212 in. (31.8 cm.) long
83 oz. 8 dwt. (2,594 gr.) gross weight
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Lot Essay

A similarly modeled silver double inkwell formed as two izbas or dachas on a platform, originally in the collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), is in the collection of the Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens, Washington D.C. (cat. no. 12.121.2-3).

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