Antique enamel. Attribution and evaluation
 

I would be grateful if the knowledgeable help with attribution (and evaluation) of this thing.

Several years ago, when she first came to me, I had a feeling that this is part of the toy headset, a small stool in the rococo style. Seat-enamel (vitreous enamel-painted poemali) for copper (in the corner-tiny chipped). legs and the rim of the metal bronze color with a simple engraving (snake with dots). Under a 10-fold increase in the pits, traces of yellow metal. On the back of enamel inserts a piece of extremely fragile cardboard (?) Teemno beige. Cardboard closed velvet the same color.

  In visiting the British transfer "Antic Roadshow" (in America) once viewings of the toy (works!) Mechanical piano with rospisnymi emalnymi inserts, mounted in metal .. that style drawing (painting), color scheme, clothing, metal framing and proportions were identical to my stool. The first feeling was that this harpsichord (piano) and my stool-set.
The specialist explained to the owner that this is "historicism" -T.E. 18 th century forgery under the 17th and recommended insurance for $ 2000 -3000 $ ..

Shl: why the price seemed to me a spoon with enamel on the "Trinity" overpriced ($ 2000) ..

Are there any considerations?
Thanks in advance!

I forgot to add that the signature is not found, was afraid to pick open-canvas crumbles to dust; size emalnoy insertion-5, 1х7, 6cm

Size what?

In England the cost f.str 50-100.

reserve price or start? and where?

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Because of cleavage?
And in Russia?

Thank you!
Now let's see what Sotebis ( "experts") will tell ...

NATA NOVA, they usually write "Sorry, but your item falls short of the minimum estimate we have" ... or something like that:)

The pudding, do not know .. And besides, there of 10 pounds and can be luck to tear (a bundle of letters nepomnnnyu who bought-this year it seems even-remember?)
(the results will inform sdes same)
I promise!

I remember once someone bought the painting for £ 10 either at Sotheby's, whether at Christie ...

Artwork by an unknown Russian artist "Three, leaving the farm" sold at auction Christie's (26.11.08) for a record low price - £ 10 ($ 15,40). The original price was painting £ 2 thousand ($ 3 thousand), "Three, leaving the farm" was one of 117 lots on display at Christie's "Russian auctions" in London.
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showthread.php?t=9945