AN ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER TABLE NOTEBOOK

An antique table notebook with a silver lid, a rectangular onyx stand, and a silver pen. The clasp is decorated with a dark blue cabochon. The surface of the lid is decorated with a pattern in the form of diverging rays, on the inside, there is a commemorative engraving in Russian: Dear K.N. (further erased) In good memory from a loving one (further erased). Hallmarks: 84 silver standard, initials BK and other Russian hallmarks. Late 19th or early 20th-century. Provenance: Important Silver, Vertu & Russian Works of Art, Sotheby's, New York, 29 October, 0213, lot # 105.