Auction: Discovery - 2456Location: BostonDate / Time: May 21, 2009 12:00PM
Description:
Two Silver Filigree Chest-form Spice Containers,18th and 19th century,the first ovoid hinged form with delicate filigree and leaf and berry finial, Paris 1780s discharge mark, (extensive damage),lg. 4 1/4; with a Russian coffer-form box, Moscow, c. 1860s, Viktor Savinkov assayer, lg. 2 3/8 in.
Provenance: Parke-Bernet, lot 5.
Estimate $300-500