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84 zolotniks (875 thousandths) vermeiled silver with blue, white and red champlevé enamel and honeycomb motif. Master goldsmith's hallmark: GK for Gustave Klingert (active in Moscow between 1888 and 1908). Russia, Moscow, second half of the 19th century (before 1899). Height: 10.2 cm - Gross weight: 185 g. (Minor accidents) Gustav Klingert began his career as a goldsmith by working as a master for Fabergé, before founding his own workshop in Moscow in 1865. He exhibited at the Paris and then Chicago World's Fairs, and enjoyed great success exporting his creations to the United States through Tiffany & Co. Until 1899, Klingert marked his creations with the Latin characters GK, before replacing them with their Cyrillic equivalent.
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