EXTREMELY RARE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER DANCE CARD, 19th CENTURY
Silver Dance Card (Carnets de Bal, Ballspenden) with silver pencil, decorated with garnet and flower design. Silver Dance Card Silver Dance Card: ladies ballroom accessory, miniature book, used to record the names of the gentlemen with whom she intends to dance each successive dance at a formal ball.
HALLMARKS: '84' for silver standard and 'AN' for Faberge work master Anders (Antti) Juhaninpoika Nevalainen (1858-1933), a Finnish gold- and silversmith - please see information below.
CONDITION: Excellent condition, no damages, soiling need cleaning. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
DIMENSIONS: 2 x 1.3 inches (5.1 x 3.3 cm). Weight: 21 grams.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $1,000 - $6,000.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago Dance Card holders were sold on Live Auctioneers and Sotheby's for $11,405 (6 years ago), $13,750 (8 years ago), $17,500 (10 years ago) and $28,700 (6 years ago) - please see the screenshots.
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WORKMASTER: Anders Juhaninpoika Nevalainen was a Russian gold- and silversmith, Faberge workmaster of Finnish origin. Anders Nevalainen was an apprentice in Finland and in St. Petersburg in 1874, a goldworker in 1875 (and registered as an employee of Faberge), and a master goldsmith in 1885. As master first working in the jewelry atelier of August Holmstrom, he soon became head of workshop under exclusive contract with Faberge. His workshop made silver-mounted frames in birchwood, palisander or lacquer, silver- and gold cigarette-cases, enameled silver-gilt cases with leather sleeves, several small silver-gilt objects. His initials A.N, mostly used with K.Faberge mark without the double-headed eagle Imperial Warrant. The Nevalainen family returned to Finland after the Russian Revolution in 1917. Anders Nevalainen died in Terijoki in 1933.

WIKIPEDIA: A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building, the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions and palaces, especially historic mansions and palaces, contain one or more ballrooms. In other large houses, a large room such as the main drawing room, long gallery, or hall may double as a ballroom, but a good ballroom should have the right type of flooring, such as hardwood flooring or stone flooring (usually marble or stone). In later times the term ballroom has been used to describe nightclubs where customers dance, the Top Rank Suites in the United Kingdom for example were also often referred to as ballrooms. The phrase "having a ball" has grown to encompass many events where person(s) are having fun, not just dancing.

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