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PETERHOF IMPERIAL LAPIDARY WORKSHOPS (1721-1933)
Paperweight
early nineteenth centuryRCIN 53554
A large rectangular malachite paperweight w a cylindrical malachite handle supported on 2 gilt metal scrolls. Flanked at either end by a rectangular porcelain plaque painted with views of palaces, each with a gilt metal border.