Lot 0158
Russian Silver Stopka (Charka), Kostroma, Russia, 1769–1813, 18th–Early 19th Century
Estimate: 1000-1200€
Russian silver stopa / charka, Kostroma, 1769–1813, 18th–early 19th century. Of tapering cylindrical form, finely engraved and chased with bold scrolling ornament and cartouches enclosing stylized birds and foliate motifs. Gilt interior.
Height: 7.6 cm
Weight: 68.2 g
Starting price: 800€
Estimate: 1000-1200€
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Estimate: 1500-1700€A Fabergé silver-gilt beaker in the 18th-century taste.
St. Petersburg, firm of Fabergé, workshop of Stefan Wakeva, late 19th century.
Silver, gilding; raised and chased decoration.
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 6 cm
Weight: 145.2 g
Marks: Fabergé beneath the Imperial warrant, maker’s mark of Stefan Wakeva , 84 standard silver mark, and St. Petersburg assay mark.
A finely worked silver beaker of tapering cylindrical form, the interior richly gilt and the exterior ornamented in high relief with an elaborate composition in the Rococo Revival manner, consciously evoking eighteenth-century decorative models. The body is encircled by asymmetrical scrolling foliate forms, shell-like motifs and stylised floral sprays, among which appear pairs of confronted birds and a smaller bird perched amid luxuriant rocaille ornament.
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Lot 0156
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Russian Silver-Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Beaker Set in Case (2 pcs), Moscow, 1908–1917
Estimate: 12000-15000€A rare Russian silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel beaker set, in the original fitted case.
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Silver, gilding, cloisonné enamel; repoussé, filigree, enamelling, gilding.
Height of each beaker: 7.5 cm.
Total silver weight: 282.6 g.
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Case: original fitted wooden case, the interior stamped in Cyrillic: “Фабрика и магазинъ Товарищества Н. В. Немирова-Колодкина въ Москвѣ”.
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The principal reserve is made by a stylised sunrise over rolling hills, its radiating rays rendered in red, cream, pale blue and amber enamel. The reverse side is decorated with a poetic naturalistic scene: a white bird standing among flowering branches and broad green leaves, with a small frog below. The composition combines the ornamental language of the neo-Russian style with the decorative refinement of Moscow Art Nouveau. The upper and lower borders are formed by repeated scalloped and arched enamel motifs in white, red, turquoise and dark blue, creating a rhythmic frame around the central scenes.
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