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A GEM-SET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER DESK-SEAL
Lot 222 PROPERTY OF A ROYAL HOUSE

A GEM-SET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER DESK-SEAL

PROBABLY BY IVAN BRITSYN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

Closed4 June 2018

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GBP 3,250

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A GEM-SET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER DESK-SEAL
PROBABLY BY IVAN BRITSYN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
The tapering body enamelled overall in oyster white over wavy guilloché ground, surmounted by a cabochon sapphire, decorated with a laurel band, the nephrite matrix vacant, marked on body; in a fitted Noble & Co. box
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high

With Wartski, London.

Specialist note

A comparable seal enamelled in pale blue with the mark of Ivan Britsyn is part of the British Royal collection, see Caroline de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, p. 262.