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The Gilded Age
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- Sale 6279
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| Philadelphia
Feb 24 | 5:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 6279
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$5,000 – $7,000
Of cylindrical form, enameled in translucent grass green over a wavy guilloché ground, with two-color gold ribbon-tied laurel swags suspended from ruby-set rosettes, the top with a seed-pearl rim, surmounted by a cabochon chalcedony, the base unscrewing, marked to interior and exterior, the interior additionally with scratched inventory number 9850.
H: 1, Dia: 1 1/4 in.Note
Mrs. William Ellis Scull served as an officer of Philadelphia's Russian Committee that was established in 1914 to provide relief during World War I (Philadelphia in the World War, 1914-1919, pg. 585), this could possibly be a gift in remembrance of that service.
Provenance
Gift from Prince and Princess Vladamir Galitzine to W.E. Scull (1862-1942), per inscription to storage box.
Thence by descent.
