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A Russian silver-gilt and coloured glass wine decanter. Silver 84: Moscow, 1864. Glass: Maltsov factory.
Height: 29 cm. Diameter: 15 cm.

Starting price: 6500€
Estimate: 8000-10000€

Faberge. Cigarette case in Art-nouveau style
Silver, gold, chasing, gilding, sapphire and rubies. Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.7 x 2 cm. Total weight: 149 g. Inventory number 14041
Makers mark of «K. Faberge» with Imperial warrant and scratched inventory number 14041. Moscow, 1899-1908.
Rectangular silver cigarette case with rounded corners, decorated in the Art Nouveau style. The lid is adorned with flowing linear ornament in relief, resembling stylised plant forms, and set with small ruby cabochon stones in star-shaped casts. The clasp with gold rim is mounted with a cabochon sapphire.

Starting price: 2000€
Estimate: 2500-3500€
Hammer Price: €

Very important limited edition Yves Saint Laurent collier. Gilt metal, glass. 1980s. Marked. Length of the chain: 70 cm. Brooch: 71 x 74.8 mm.

Starting price: 350€
Estimate: 400-450€

A Rare Faberge cast silver-gilt cigar lamp-lighter in neoclassical style. Makers mark of First Silver artel (former Faberge leading master J. Rappoport manufactory). Petersburg, 1910-1917. Scratched inventory number: 20845. Height: 10.5 cm. Total weight: 239 g.

Starting price: 9000€
Estimate: 12000-15000€

A Russian silver-gilt nécesaire. 
St Petersburg, 1908–1917.
Silver, gilding; guilloché translucent enamel; chasing and engraving. Weight: 118 g, Dimensions: 1,5 x 4,9 x 10,2 cm.
Marks: maker’s of Ivan Brytzin; St Petersburg assay marks (1908–1917).
A rectangular, palm-sized nécesaire with two compartments. One face is covered with a pale, white opal toned translucent enamel laid over a finely turned wavy guilloché ground.
The reverse is treated in deliberate contrast: a silver-gilt field worked in the so-called “samorodok” manner.
Ivan Savelyevich Brytzin (1870–1952), a former employee of Fabergé in St Petersburg, qualified as a master goldsmith in 1903 and soon opened his own workshop “Russkaya Emal” (Malaya Konyushennaya ul., 12). His firm granted a gold medal at the St Petersburg Crafts Exhibition in 1909, and in 1910–1917 he supplied works to members of the Imperial family and to the Cabinet of His Majesty. Brytzin’s objects bears steady demand on the English market; he also worked with stone and purpurin and collaborated with A. Sumin. After 1917 he continued to practise, though documentation of his later activity is fragmentary.

Starting price: 3500€
Estimate: 4000-5000€
Hammer Price: €

Set of Vintage hats: Lanvin Haute Couture (Uranus madel), Paulette (silk), Givenchy (straw, around 1986)

Starting price: 400€
Estimate: 450-500€

A Russian silver-gilt cigar box with a militiamen “Minin and Pozarskiy”. Makers mark of Andrian Ivanov. Moscow, 1908-1917. Dimensions: 18.2 x 4.8 x 10.5 cm. Total weight: 643.7 g.

Starting price: 6000€
Estimate: 7000-9000€

A very rare presentation wood and silver cigar box. With a cast silver sign “GOS. TABACHN. TREST V.S.N.H GRUZII”. Were presented to the famous Soviet Commissar Anastas Ivanovitch Mikoyan from Georgian tobacco producers. In the honor of the 50th years jubilee of Soviet leader. Georgia, 1945. Dimensions: 24 x 36 x 4 cm.

Starting price: 7000€
Estimate: 8000-12000€

A rare Russian silver and niello snuff-box with city view of Vologda. Vologda, master Sakerdon Skripitsyn, 1838
Silver, engraving, blackening
Dimensions: 4.0 × 9.3 × 2.7 cm; weight: 131 g
Marks: “СС”, 84 zolotnik silver standard, assay mark of Vologda
The snuff box features an intricate engraving with neillo coated details. The lid displays a historical table titled “Vѣдомость о наличномъ числѣ душъ губерніи” (List of the Current Population of the Province). The sides and bottom are decorated with a panoramic view of the embankment of Vologda city and its river, finely etched with topographical accuracy.
A remarkable example of Vologda silver craftsmanship from the first half of the 19th century, this snuff box made by the honorable silversmith Sakerdon Skripitsyn. The work is an exquisite instance of deep engraving, a popular technique of the era, filled with niello details. The lid’s engraved table is a unique historical document, reflecting the administrative interest in statistics and state accounting during the Emperor Nicholas I era. The fine engraving captures the architectural landscape of Vologda in the 1830s, adding historical value to the piece.
Sakerdon Ivanovich Skripitsyn was a talented master of both silver and niello work from Vologda. His artistry was not limited to engraving; he also created gilded silver frames and decorative items in the neoclassical style. His works often borrowed themes from foreign engravings. For example, his silver plates from 1840, depicting views of Zurich, Lausanne, and Lake Brienz, are in the State Hermitage collection.
Skripitsyn’s finest works, such as the 1841 glass with a beautifully composed niello engraving, demonstrate his mastery as both an engraver and a sensitive artist. His pieces are highly valued in the antique market, with examples fetching high prices at international auctions.
This snuff box represents an exceptional work from Skripitsyn’s limited known output and is rare in the antique market.
Comparable item: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/russian-works-of-art-faberg-and-icons-l11113/lot.455.html

Starting price: 6000€
Estimate: 7000-9000€
Hammer Price: €

A Russian brass-gilt advertising cigar box. The end of the 19th century. Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 8 cm.

Starting price: 150€
Estimate: 200-300€

Ovchinnikov. Match holder with en-plein enamel.
Silver, enamel. Dimensions: 4.6 x 3 x 1.6 cm. Weight: 20.8 g.
Makers mark of M. Ovchinnikov with the Imperial warrant. Petersburg, 1908-1917.
A rectangular silver vesta case designed as a playing card, the Queen of Clubs. The lid is finely enameled with a polychrome depiction of the crowned queen holding a flower, framed by club symbols at each corner. The sides are pierced for striking matches, combining functionality with playful design.

Mikhail Pavlovich Ovchinnikov (1855–1915)
Son of the firm’s founder, Pavel Akimovich Ovchinnikov. Supplier to the Imperial Court, and patron of the arts. Co-founder and member of the Council of the Imperial Stroganov School. After his father’s death in 1888, he continued the family business, becoming head of the trading house and director of the firm’s St. Petersburg branch.
In 1902 he supported the establishment of an enamel workshop at the Stroganov School, followed in 1909 by a jewelry workshop. He provided financial donations for the Whole Russian Design Competition of decorative arts and revived the jewelry school at the factory originally founded by P.A. Ovchinnikov.

Starting price: 500€
Estimate: 600-700€
Hammer Price: 500€

Unusual silver-gilt Faberge creamer. Moscow, 1898-1908. Weight: 238 g. Dimensions: 12.5 x 15 x 9 cm.

Starting price: 600€
Estimate: 1000-1500€

A Russian silver-gilt cigar box with cast Navy patch emblems. Makers mark of E.Cherytov manufactory (leading master of famous Lorie frim). Moscow, 1899-1908. Weight: 522 g. Dimensions: 9.5 x 13.5 x 4 cm.

Starting price: 6000€
Estimate: 7000-9000€

An extremely rare Faberge cast silver and cut-glass vase in the shape of a swan. Marked K. Faberge in cyrillic with Imperial Warrant. Moscow, 1899-1908. Dimensions: 16.3 x 33 x 17 cm.

Starting price: 20000€
Estimate: 25000-35000€

Russian presentation glass “In memory of the 200th anniversary of the 13th Kargopol Dragoon Regiment”. With bas-relief portraits of Russian Emperors Nicholas II and Peter I. Metal, patina. Maker’s mark of Karl Miller, Warsaw, Russian Empire, 1907. The 13th Kargopol Dragoon Regiment is the name of the 5th Kargopol Dragoon Regiment in 1882-1907. Height: 9.5 cm. Diameter: 6 cm.

Starting price: 200€
Estimate: 250-300€

Silver and En Plein Enamel Ashtray
Russia (import marks), late 19th century
Silver (84 zolotniks), en plein enamel
Weight: 161.6 g | Dimensions: 12.8 × 12.8 × 3.3 cm

A finely crafted Russian silver ashtray featuring a beautifully executed en plein enamel panel depicting a lively medieval genre scene — a gallant courtier and a young woman engaged in playful conversation at a tavern doorway. The composition, rich in color and theatrical detail, reflects the popular fascination with romanticized historical subjects at the close of the 19th century.

Starting price: 750€
Estimate: 800-1000€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€