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Lot 94Y

A diamond-set, gold and enamel miniature frame
Carl Blank, St. Petersburg, before 1899, with scratched number 3949

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27 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£30,000 - £40,000

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A diamond-set, gold and enamel miniature frame

Carl Blank, St. Petersburg, before 1899, with scratched number 3949
the aperture enamelled translucent yellow over guilloche ground, enriched with diamond-set border and corners, the watercolour portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna surmounted by trailing bow, the reverse with gold strut and ivory back, 56 standard
height: 6.4cm (2 1/2in).

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PROVENANCE
Sotheby's New York, 16 April 2008, lot 387

Saleroom notices

Please note that this lot is subject to CITES regulations. Please note that the portrait is not that of Alexandra Feodorovna, as previously stated, but likely to be Grand Duchess Maria, wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich.

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