899/​1089

Russian Lapidary Workshop, early 20th century

A Russian Imperial and Royal honey-coloured quartz hand seal, domed faceted top, tapering and vertical faceted handle, concave foot on a round matrix, engraved A below the Royal Danish crown, top and handle richly engraved with chamomiles, set with facet-cut sapphires and demantoid garnets, mounted in gold. Russian Lapidary Workshop, early 20th century. H. 5.7 cm.

Provenance: Present from Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860–1922) to her daughter, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (1879–1952). Thence by her son, Hereditary Prince Knud of Denmark (1900–1976); his daughter, Princess Elisabeth to Denmark (1935–2018). Before her death the hand seal was passed on to private Danish ownership, where it has been until today.

Condition

Condition report on request. Please contact: russian@bruun-rasmussen.dk

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Additional Remarks

The submission of bids on this lot number requires the prior registration of a valid debit/credit card, presentation of photo ID and the payment of a deposit of 50.000 DKK on request. Registration of debit/credit card, photo ID and deposit is due no later than Friday 27 November.

Please contact Bruun Rasmussen regarding this via email: bids@bruun-rasmussen.dk or tel.: +45 8818 1013.

Please note: The item is subject to the Anti-Money Laundering Act. In the event of a hammer price of DKK 50,000 or more, including buyer’s premium, the buyer must submit a copy of a valid photo ID and proof of address in order to collect the item.

Auction

Russian art, 7 December 2020

Category
Estimate

10,000–15,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

16,000 DKK