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A silver and Guilloché enamel cut-glass inkwell and a silver medallion
Lot 183

A silver and Guilloché enamel cut-glass inkwell and a silver medallion

PROBABLY BY BRITZIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Fermé1 April 2009

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A silver and Guilloché enamel cut-glass inkwell and a silver medallion
Probably by Britzin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
The domed glass body engraved with stylized leaves and surmounted by a translucent blue guilloché enamel rim, apparently unmarked; and an oval silver medallion including a photograph of Tsar Alexander III within a cobalt blue guilloché enamel rim, the other side with a photograph of Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
The inkwel 4.3 cm. high; the medallion 9.5 cm. high (2)

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960).
Grand Duke Alexandrovich (1897-1981) and thence by descent.
Christie's New York, 20 April 2001, lot 93.

Note du spécialiste

Grand Duke Alexandrovich (1897-1981) was a member of the Imperial Family of Russia. He was the second child but first son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna.