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Lot 91

A gold and enamel commemorative pencil-jeton
Fabergé workmaster Erik Kollin, St. Petersburg, before 1899

5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £10,000 inc. premium

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A gold and enamel commemorative pencil-jeton

Fabergé workmaster Erik Kollin, St. Petersburg, before 1899
the retractable pencil emanating from sheath enriched with railway construction symbols, rising to oval section enamelled with the cities' coat-of-arms beneath the Imperial crown against a gilt ground, the border with Russian inscription 'The Society of Kursk-Kharkov-Azovsk Railway', the reverse border with Russian inscription 'Samuel Solomonovich Polyakov' centring the dates 1868-1870, 56 standard; in unmarked fitted case
length: 9.1cm (3 9/16in).

Footnotes

Samuel Polyakov (1837-1888) was a prominent railway entrepreneur; rising from a modest background, he made his fortune in the construction of the railways in Russia, including Kursko-Kharkovo-Azovskaya.

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