RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER GUILLOCHE ENAMEL EGG
Extremely nice job.
A Russian Easter Egg, separated into two fastened halves, made of 84 silver, with an admirable exterior made of yellow-colored textured guilloche enamel with an incrusted carved ruby stone on the egg front.
Stamped with Russian hallmarks and marked with '84' Silver, Kokoshnik, and '3d artel' in Cyrillic for famous Artel in Russia. This artel even made works for FABERGE and for the Imperial Family!
DIMENSIONS: H. 8 cm (3 inches). Weight: 91.7 grams.
CONDITION: Overall condition is good. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $200 - $6,000.
You have a GREAT CHANCE to purchase a unique item for your collection - over the years it will only increase in price.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago Russian silver guilloche enamel eggs were sold on Live Auctioneer and Christie's for $35,000 and $381,000 (!!) - please see the screenshots.
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HISTORY: St. Petersburg between 1908 and 1917, by the 3rd jewellers' Artel. According to the recently published Gold And Silversmiths In Russia 1600-1926, the 3rd jewellers' Artel (Nr. 4208 in the book) headed by Vasily Nikolaevich Ivanov, worked for the FABERGE atelier. The Artel was located at 48 Ekaterininsky Canal in St. Petersburg. The Artel was established around 1908 and mainly produced high quality guilloche enamel objects like bellpushes, boxes, cigarette and card cases, match holders, and picture frames. his artel even made works for FABERGE and for the Imperial Family!

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