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Lot 109*

A carved labradorite seal in the form of an owl
early 20th century

5 June 2019, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

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A carved labradorite seal in the form of an owl

early 20th century
the figure standing upright on a carved support, the eyes set with gilt-framed cabochon rubies
height: 9cm (3 9/16in).

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Provenance
Caroline, Lady Oppenheimer (1899-1971)
Then by direct descent


The carving of the owl and the choice of stone suggests production by a close contemporary of Fabergé's. An obsidian owl in the collection of Lillian Thomas Pratt and housed in its original Fabergé box resembles a carving by Denisov-Uralsky for an owl supplied to Cartier in 1911 (see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé Revealed, VMFA 2011, p. 208) underlining the variety of outlets for similar forms in the early 1900s. A labradorite owl from Lady de Grey, Marchioness of Ripon and descendent of Countess Catherine Woronzova, is illustrated in Bainbridge, London, plate 76.

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