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A silver-mounted onyx desk set, maker's mark A.T., St Petersburg, 1899-1908
A comprehensive silver-mounted onyx desk set from St. Petersburg featuring a pair of candlesticks, notebook holder, and ink blotter with Art Nouveau design elements. The pieces are marked with workmaster's initials AT and kokoshnik marks, representing the height of Russian decorative arts from 1899-1908.
- Medium
- comprising a pair of candlesticks, a notebook holder and an ink blotter, the silver mount on the blotter engraved with palmette borders, the hinges of the notebook holder chased and engraved with Art Nouveau foliate motifs, containing a paper notebook inside, struck to the ink blotter handle and interior of notebook cover with workmaster’s initials AT, candle holders only bearing kokoshnik marks, 84 standard
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- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
November 30, 2021
Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 493
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