4 June 2014 Russian Art Auctions

4 June 2014

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


MAKER’S MARK OF THEODOR RINGE, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, 56 STANDARD, WITH PARTIALLY ERASED SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4_ _4

* 557. A FABERGÉ NEPHRITE AND TWO-COLOUR GOLD PAPER KNIFE

MAKER’S MARK OF THEODOR RINGE, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, 56 STANDARD, WITH PARTIALLY ERASED SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4_ _4

Length 19.5 cm.
4,000–6,000 GBP


Provenance: Anonymous sale; Imperial and Post-Revolutionary Russian Art and Icons, Christie’s London, 17 December 1998, lot 257.

The handle of plain rounded form, the tapering ribbed blade with chased laurel leaf and reeded collar.

MAKER’S MARK OF THEODOR RINGE, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, 56 STANDARD, WITH PARTIALLY ERASED SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4_ _4

Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.