Catalogue

A rare Russian brass samovar “Spider” in the form of a sfera with a proverb. Makers mark of I.G. Batashev manufactory. Tula, 1895. Height with the pipe: 46 cm.

Starting price: 2000€
Estimate: 2500-3000€

A Russian cast silver and kalgan jasper rooster. Maker’s mark of Imperial Court supplier I. Khlebnikov firm. Moscow, the end of the 19th century.
Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 6 cm. Total weight: 337 g.

Starting price: 4500€
Estimate: 5000-7000€

A Russian Enamelled Copper Bowl
Usolye (Solvychegodsk),18th century
Dimensions: 4.5 х 9.5 х 9.5 cm.

Finely painted in polychrome enamel with stylized floral and bird motifs on a white ground, framed by circular and oval medallions against a deep cobalt-blue background. The composition combines strong color contrasts and rhythmic ornament, characteristic of the celebrated Usolye enamel tradition of northern Russia.

Usolye (then known as Solvychegodsk) emerged as one of the principal centers of Russian enamel art in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, founded under the patronage of the Stroganov merchant family. The early workshops, originally staffed by Novgorod craftsmen, developed a distinct regional style distinguished by vivid color palettes and expressive linework.

By the mid-seventeenth century, Usolye enamellers mastered painted enamel on copper, depicting large-scale floral and zoomorphic compositions—tulips, sunflowers, birds, and animals—set against white enamel grounds and separated by twisted filigree borders. These works were prized for their decorative richness and often adorned festive cups, caskets, mirrors, and domestic vessels.

Comparable enamelled wares from Usolye are preserved in the collections of the State Historical Museum, Moscow, and the Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin.

Starting price: 4000€
Estimate: 5000-7000€
Hammer Price: Not sold

The battle scene of the First World War (1914-1918). Mixed technique. The signature on the background: “the work of academician N. S. Samokish-professor of battle painting of the Academy of Arts.” Artist-Nikolai Semyonovich Samokish — Russian and Soviet battle painter and teacher, who also worked as an animalist and book graphic. Academician of Painting and a full member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Winner of the Stalin Prize of the second degree. Dimensions with a frame: 43 x 53 cm.

Starting price: 1500€
Estimate: 1800-2500€

A Faberge cast silver and lapis lazuli stone paperweight “Cupid”. Maker’s mark of K.Faberge firm. Moscow, 1908-1917.
Dimensions: 16 x 12.4 x 9.3 cm.

Starting price: 3500€
Estimate: 4000-6000€

A Russian Enamelled Copper Bowl
Usolye (Solvychegodsk), 18th century
Dimensions: 2.5 х 10 х 10 cm.

Painted in vibrant polychrome enamel with a central medallion depicting a dancing figure among tulips and foliage, the interior framed by scrolling floral ornament on a white ground. The exterior is richly decorated with floral motifs in circular reserves against a deep cobalt-blue background.

This bowl exemplifies the artistic excellence of the Usolye (Solvychegodsk) enamelling tradition of northern Russia, which flourished in the seventeenth century under the patronage of the Stroganov family. Originating from workshops established by Novgorod craftsmen in the mid-sixteenth century, the Usolye style is distinguished by its vivid palette, strong contour lines, and decorative rhythm derived from folk and wooden carving traditions.

By the second half of the seventeenth century, Usolye masters perfected the technique of painted enamel on copper, covering entire surfaces with colorful floral designs, birds, and narrative scenes. The favorite motifs included tulips, sunflowers, and whimsical figures inspired by both Russian folklore and Western engravings.

Comparable examples of Usolye enamelled wares are preserved in the State Historical Museum, Moscow, and the Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin.

Starting price: 6000€
Estimate: 8000-12000€
Hammer Price: Not sold

Russian Imperial glasswork. Glass with the scene The Meeting of Rinaldo and the Hermit. 
Lithographic Workshop of K. I. Terebenev and P. P. Semechkin. Petersburg, 1840s
Cobalt glass with transfer-printed decoration, gilding.
Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 cm

The cup is decorated with a lithographed scene The Meeting of Rinaldo and the Hermit, an illustration to Torquato Tasso’s poem Jerusalem Delivered. The design follows a print by A. Frolov after a drawing by Barbi.
The workshop of Terebenev and Semechkin specialized in the innovative use of transfer-printing on glass, porcelain, and faience, combining lithographed imagery with gilded ornament. Literary subjects such as this were especially popular in the 1840s, reflecting contemporary taste for narrative scenes inspired by European poetry and art.
A similar example been published in O. M. Polyashova, Russian Glass of the 18th – Early 20th Century, p. 159.

Starting price: 4000€
Estimate: 5000-6000€
Hammer Price: 4000€