Details
A CLOISONNÉ AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
The tapering body cloisonné enamelled overall with scrolling foliage, the base plique-à-jour enamelled with an eagle attacking a dragon, the borders to the top rim and the octagonal base chased with interweaving ribbons, with fluted columns above, with scroll handle and a detachable domed cover, surmounted by an openwork ball finial, marked under base
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1981, lot 126.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 19 November 1991, lot 331.
The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1998, lot 134.
Literature
G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 74, no. 68 (illustrated).
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside the EU or, if the UK has withdrawn from the EU without an agreed transition deal, from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime.
Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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