AUCTION 26: RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

AN ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER TABLE NOTEBOOK

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,500

Buyer's premium: 25%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

An antique table notebook with a silver lid, a rectangular onyx stand, and a silver pen. The clasp is decorated with a dark blue cabochon. The surface of the lid is decorated with a pattern in the form of diverging rays, on the inside, there is a commemorative engraving in Russian: Dear K.N. (further erased) In good memory from a loving one (further erased). Hallmarks: 84 silver standard, initials BK and other Russian hallmarks. Late 19th or early 20th-century.

Provenance: Important Silver, Vertu & Russian Works of Art, Sotheby’s, New York, 29 October, 0213, lot # 105.

Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 in., (18.5 x 14 cm.)

Condition: Very good, no chips or cracks.