Live Auction 3796THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JOAN RIVERS
A RUSSIAN CABOCHON SAPPHIRE AND ROSE GOLD-MOUNTED KARELIAN BIRCH WOOD BOX
Lot 192

A RUSSIAN CABOCHON SAPPHIRE AND ROSE GOLD-MOUNTED KARELIAN BIRCH WOOD BOX

ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

Closed22 June 2016

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A RUSSIAN CABOCHON SAPPHIRE AND ROSE GOLD-MOUNTED KARELIAN BIRCH WOOD BOX
ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Rectangular, with hinged cover, rose-gold thumb-piece with inset cabochon sapphire, maker's mark indistinct, the mounts marked '56'
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long

The Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation; Sotheby’s, New York, 19 April 2002, lot 385.