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Lot 168

A silver and enamel mounted presentation desk portfolio
St. Petersburg, 1892

Amended
5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£15,000 - £20,000

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A silver and enamel mounted presentation desk portfolio

St. Petersburg, 1892
the leather portfolio with silver cover enriched with strapwork and centred with enamelled St. Petersburg city coat of arms against the crossed flags of Imperial Russia and the United States below inscription 'To the Christian Herald Represented by Reverend T. De Witt Talmage D.D. its Editor and Louis Klopsch Proprietor from the City of St. Petersburg, 1892', 84 standard; within original fitted retailer's case stamped 'Grachev, St. Petersburg'
height: 38.5cm (15 3/16in).

Footnotes

During Russia's Great Famine of 1891-1892, Louis Klopsch mobilised relief efforts through his New York newspaper, The Christian Herald. American grain was shipped to the hungry and, in return, Alexander III sent gifts in gratitude.

Saleroom notices

Please note that this is sold together with a clipping apparently taken from a volume published in 1910, Life-Work of Louis Klopsch, by Charles M. Pepper, which describes in detail this Russian Relief Effort of 1892 and illustrates the proposed lot.

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