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A rare Russian silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel beaker set, in the original fitted case.
Moscow, Third Moscow Artel, retailed by the firm of N. V. Nemirov-Kolodkin, 1908-1917.
Silver, gilding, cloisonné enamel; repoussé, filigree, enamelling, gilding.
Height of each beaker: 7.5 cm.
Total silver weight: 282.6 g.
Marks: maker’s mark of the Third Moscow Artel, “3МА”; Moscow assay mark with 88 zolotnik silver standard; retailer’s mark “Немировъ-Колодкинъ”.
Case: original fitted wooden case, the interior stamped in Cyrillic: “Фабрика и магазинъ Товарищества Н. В. Немирова-Колодкина въ Москвѣ”.
A pair of cylindrical silver-gilt beakers, richly decorated in polychrome cloisonné enamel and holds in the original fitted presentation case.
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.
The set was produced by the Third Moscow Artel, one of the most accomplished Moscow silver workshops of the late Imperial period. Artel production occupied a significant place in Russian decorative art of the early twentieth century, particularly in the field of enamelled silver. Many such workshops were connected with the same professional milieu that supplied or had previously worked for the great Moscow and St Petersburg firms, including Fabergé, Ovchinnikov and Khlebnikov.
The retailer, N. V. Nemirov-Kolodkin, belonged to the important circle of Moscow suppliers of silver and luxury objects. Founded by Nikolai Vasilievich Nemirov-Kolodkin, merchant, jeweller and philanthropist, the firm became known for high-quality silver tableware and presentation pieces. From the late nineteenth century it supplied silver objects for the Imperial household, commissioning work from selected Moscow workshops and artels according to the character of each order.

Starting price: 10000€
Estimate: 12000-15000€
Hammer Price: Not sold

Tea Cup from the Cobalt Caillouté Service
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, 1881–1894
Porcelain, cobalt ground, gilding, painting, and burnishing
Mark: green underglaze “A III” beneath the Imperial crow.
Dimensions: 6.5 х 10 х 7.5 cm.
A porcelain tea cup from the celebrated Caillouté cobalt service, richly decorated with gilded lattice ornament, floral cartouches, and cobalt-blue ground. The intricate gilding pattern — imitating cobblestone paving — gave the service its French name caillouté.

The design originated from a service produced by the Vienna Manufactory in 1786, gifted to Grand Duke Paul Petrovich by Archduke Joseph II of Austria. Closely following Sèvres forms and style, the lavish gilding and deep cobalt tone made it one of the most distinguished ceremonial services of the Russian court.

Similar pieces are published in Imperial Porcelain Factory 1744–1904, ed. V. V. Znamenov, Global View & St. Petersburg Orchestra, St. Petersburg–Moscow, 2008, pp. 492–493.

Starting price: 400€
Estimate: 500-600€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€