4 June 2014 Russian Art Auctions
4 June 2014
* 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.
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.