LARGE RUSSIAN SILVER and ENAMEL EGG, MARIA SEMENOVA

LARGE RUSSIAN SILVER and ENAMEL EGG, MARIA SEMENOVA
LARGE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER and ENAMEL EGG, MARIA SEMENOVA
Extremely nice job.
A large Russian gilt-silver enamelled egg ovoid in two halves on a three-legged stand.
Marked with Kokoshnik 88 silver mark, and MC in Cyryllic for silvermaster for Maria Semenova (circa 1896-1908) - very often worked on Faberge shop.
CONDITION: The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
LARGE SIZE: 3 1/2 inches (9 cm).
ESTIMATE PRICE: $2,000 - $3,000.
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HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago Russian silver enamel eggs were sold on Live Auctioneer for $2,400, $2,600 and $4,000 and on Sotheby's for $6,000 - please see the screenshots.
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HISTORY: Semenova, Maria Wasiliewna. Working in Moscow from about 1890. Her pieces are of outstanding quality, especially in the painting of the cloisons. Her style tends more to the traditional, less often Art Nouveau. The magnificent cloisons of her flowers (on a matted gold grond) are shaded with violet tones. Other typical colours are white and green, with frequent frames of round turquoise pearls. Also from her hand are enamel paintings en plein combined with cloisonne frames. Maria Semyonova inherited her father's factory after his death in 1896. She owned and managed the company but she was not a registered skilled master. Therefore she hasn't made a single thing only maintained the right to use an official maker's mark MC given by the guild. The objects marked with Maria's maker's mark are made by other skilled master working in the company. MC is more a logo/trade mark comparable with e.g. the Faberge mark.