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A large Russian silver toilet mirror, top with a Russian mitre crowned noble crest from the Gagarin or Hilkov House, bottom with inverted monogram, cast with rocailles, flowers and wreaths, back of wood. Carl Boianovski, marked with the Russian Warrant, assayer Alexander Nicolajevich Mitin 1853, St. Petersburg town mark, 84 standard. H. 86 cm. W. 69 cm.

Provenance: Acquired from Baroness Gyldenstjerne's estate in the late 1960s, Denmark.

Auction

Paintings, varia and weapons, 31 May 2011

Category

Silver ▸ Russia

Estimate

150,000–200,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

130,000 DKK