LOT 1
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Lot 1
A FINE AND IMPORTANT FABERGÉ SILVER PRESENTATION SALVER, MOSCOW CIRCA 1900. The imposing platter with scalloped rim and edged with reeded ribbon-tied border. The cavetto engraved with the Imperial Double Headed-Eagle, surrounded by scrolling foliage on a matted ground. Also engraved with the Imperial cipher of Nicholas II and Cyrillic dedicatory inscription, To His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II from Kirasirsky His Majesty Guard Regiment - Peterhoff June 20 1909, and the lower center margin engraved with the Regimental Badge. Hallmarked Moscow with 84 standard, circa 1899-1908, and in Cyrillic K.Fabergé beneath the Imperial Warrant. Diameter 14.25 inches (36.2 cm). Total weight 31.5 troy ounces.
Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000
Provenance:
Sotheby's Faberge, Russian Works of Art and Objects of Vertu auction, June 10, 1992, Lot 186.
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