comprising a carved aventurine quartz egg, probably Lyubavin, 56 standard; a pink hardstone egg, unidentified maker ML, Moscow, 1898-1908, 56 standard; a green hardstone egg, apparently unmarked; a jeweled gold egg, St. Petersburg, circa 1895, 56 standard; a turquoise egg in guilloché enamel, Fedor Afanasiev, 56 standard; a hardstone egg within jeweled gold cagework, 56 standard; a gold and red guilloché enamel egg with the Cyrillic initials Kh.V., 56 standard; a gold egg modeled as a walnut, St. Petersburg, 56 standard; a red guilloché enamel egg, workmaster August Hollming, St. Petersburg, 1898-1904, 56 standard; a translucent oyster guilloché enamel egg applied with an enameled Russian flag, apparently unmarked; a red egg in guilloché enamel with a laurel band about the center, Fedor Afanasiev, 56 standard; a gold egg centered with a cabochon chrysoprase, 56 standard; an egg in light blue guilloché enamel, Ivan Britsyn; a pebbled gold egg centered with a cabochon sapphire, maker’s mark indistinct, St. Petersburg; a turquoise egg in guilloché enamel, indistinct maker’s mark, 56 standard; a gold pebbled egg, 56 standard; a carved hardstone egg, Andrei Adler, 56 standard; a carved milky quartz egg, apparently unmarked; a carved bloodstone egg, indistinctly marked, 56 standard. All suspended from a gold chain.

overall very good condition
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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