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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Collection of Rodney Davidson AO OBE LLB
• Sale Date:
  21 Mar 2017 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  55
• Lot Description:
  A Russian rectangular tri-colour gold snuff box by Johann Wilhelm Keibel (1788-1862), circa 1830
  the hinged cover with an applied diamond shaped section of foliate scrolls on a matt ground surrounded by a border of scrolling yellow and red gold and platinum scrolls, signed Keibel in script to the inside cover and base, numbered 768, otherwise unmarked
  8.4 cm high, 5.6 cm wide, 1.4 cm deep, 92 grams
• Provenance:
  Sotheby’s Geneva, 7 May 1982, lot 65
• References:
  Illustrated: Alexander von Solodkoff, ?Russian Gold and Silver, plate 206
• Notes:
  Johann Wilhelm Keibel, a St Petersburg goldsmith and jeweller, inherited his father’s workshop in 1809. The firm had received the Imperial Warrant and were known to produce a series of outstanding gold snuff boxes for the court, often only bearing the signature and no assay marks (see von Solodkoff). In 1826, Keibel reworked the Imperial Crown for Nicholas I’s coronation. Carl Faberge’s father, Gustav worked as an apprentice for the firm which closed in 1917
• Estimate:
  A$5,500 - 8,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Precious Objects

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