Russian Metal Artworks

Desk-top pencil with the nobility coat of arms on the matrix

    Desk-top pencil with the nobility coat of arms on the matrix

    Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg

    Late 19th - early 20th centuries

    Two-color gold, enamel, sapphire; casting, chasing, carving

    Height 7.8 cm

    Marks: "56" and illegible marks

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    Desktop pencil of two-color gold, made in the form of a cylindrical twisted column merging through the small stem (neck) to octahedral matrix with the image of a swan with spread wings above a noble crown carved on it. A pencil is inserted inside the seal in the cylindrical case with spherical pommel realized in the hammering technique and sapphire cabochon insert. Onlay crown and the monogram "W" are on the seal hilt. With an eyelet and a ring for suspesion.

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