the carved bowenite body mounted with a gold handle enameled translucent pale blue over a guilloché ground, the end of the handle set with a sapphire en cabochon, with chased acanthus leaves set with red hardstones, the bowl with conforming mount and scrolling gold tip

A La Vieille Russie, New York

some cracking to bowenite, some apparently inherent to the material; some evidence of an old stabilizing material under the scrolling prow, some small loss to enamel, some red stones synthetic
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