A gold and enamel commemorative pencil-jeton
Fabergé workmaster William Reimer, St. Petersburg, before 1899
the retractable pencil emanating from axe handle with date '1877' and name 'S.S. Poliakov', further applied with the Imperial arms and inscribed 'Bendero-Galats Railway line', 56 standard
length: 7.9cm (3in).
the retractable pencil emanating from axe handle with date '1877' and name 'S.S. Poliakov', further applied with the Imperial arms and inscribed 'Bendero-Galats Railway line', 56 standard
length: 7.9cm (3in).
Sold for
£9,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Samuel Solomonovich Polyakov (1837-1888), was prominent in the construction of railways in Russia.
For an identical Fabergé pencil-jeton awarded to M. Reitern, see A.N. Ivanov, Jetons of the Russian Empire, Russian National Museum, Moscow, 2004, p.118, no.7.
Category: Fine Art / Russian Art
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