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An extremely rare Faberge desk clock in the original case. Of shaped rectangular form, guilloche enamelled in pale blue with acanthus-chased border, laurel garlands at two corners and triangular rosettes. Makers mark of Mikhail Perchin for Faberge firm. Petersburg, the end of the 19th century. Scratched inventory number: 937. Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.4 cm. See similar: Christie’s THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JOAN RIVERS on 22.10.2016 lot 45

Starting price: 40000€
Estimate: 50000-70000€

Auguste Joseph Carrier (1800–1875)
The Musketeer
France, 19th century
Patinated bronze on black stone base

Height with the stone: 79,5 cm.
Height without the stone: 72 cm.
This finely modeled bronze by Auguste Joseph Carrier depicts a musketeer, elegantly dressed in Renaissance attire, captured in a moment of composed confidence. The figure’s detailed costume — complete with plumed hat, cloak, and sword — reflects the romantic fascination with chivalric and historical themes that characterized 19th-century French sculpture.

The sculpture rests on a black stone base showing minor age-related cracks, which do not detract from its strong aesthetic presence.

Auguste Joseph Carrier (1800–1875) was a French sculptor and painter, active during the mid-19th century. His works, often allegorical or historical in subject, reveal the refined academic tradition of French art during this era.

Starting price: 3000€
Estimate: 4000-5000€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

A Russian bronze composition “Goat shepherd”. Author Polunikov (?). Russia, the end of the 19th century. Dimensions: 12 x 16.5 x 6.5 cm.

Starting price: 400€
Estimate: 500-800€

Vasily Grachev. Peasants’ Sleigh on the Winter Road
Bronze, Dimensions: 17 × 33.5 × 17 cm
Cast by C. Woerffel Foundry, St. Petersburg
Late 19th century

This rare bronze composition by Vasily Grachev depicts a lively winter scene of peasants riding a sleigh along a rugged road. The dynamic pose of the horse, the expressive gestures of the driver, and the detailed rendering of clothing and sleigh bring to life the rhythm of rural Russia in the 19th century. Grachev often collaborated with the renowned Woerffel foundry in St. Petersburg, whose fine castings helped preserve the precision and vitality of his models.
Vasily Grachev (1831–1905):
Born into a family of state peasants, Grachev was apprenticed as a boy to the court craftsman Andreev in St. Petersburg, where he trained in chasing for six years. He later worked for prominent silversmiths, including I. S. Sazikov. Sculpture became his true vocation, though he pursued it largely as a self-taught artist.

Grachev created wax models for major Russian manufacturers such as C. F. Woerffel, P. A. Ovchinnikov, and I. P. Khlebnikov, whose workshops produced his works in both bronze and silver. In 1885 he established his own studio in St. Petersburg. That same year he exhibited at the Artistic and Industrial Exhibition in the city, where his composition At the Watering Place was awarded a silver medal.

Starting price: 4000€
Estimate: 6000-8000€
Hammer Price: Not sold

An elegant Russian silver-gilt and engraving tea set in style “japonais”. Comprising teapot, creamer, sugar, sugar tongs, tea scoop, lemon fork, strainer and twelve teaspoons. In the Aesthetic Movement taste, flaring square form, finely chased motif of gold plated band-work, birds, insects and flowering branches, monogrammed. Makers mark of Peter Ambrosimov. Moscow, 1899-1908. Height of the pot: 14.5 cm. Total weight: 1683 g.

Starting price: 7500€
Estimate: 8000-10000€

A very rare Russian bronze composition ” Russian Knight – Vityaz”. Author Baron Peter Klodt. Petersburg, second part of the 19th century. Dimensions: 57 x 50 x 17.5 cm. See similar in the collection of a Russian State Historic museum in Moscow: https://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/2497912?exhibition=590507059&index=22

Starting price: 30000€
Estimate: 35000-45000€

Grand German military faience and silver beer jug. 1906-1908. Height: 23.5 cm.

Starting price: 600€
Estimate: 800-1200€

Séraphin Soudbinine. Bust of Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky
Patinated bronze on marble base
Signed and dated on the bronze: Soudbinine 1912
Dimensions: 16 x 10.5 x 10 cm.
Comparable cast: Musée d’Orsay, Paris (inv. no. JP 143 S, Buste d’homme)

This expressive bronze bust depicts Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky (1856–1919), a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1906 to 1910 and later as Ambassador to France. The vigorous modeling and textured surface reflect Soudbinine’s transition from his early theatrical background to a mature sculptural language, marked by psychological depth and vitality.

Séraphin Soudbinine (born Serafim Nikolaevich Sudbinin) was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in 1867. Originally an actor at the Moscow Art Theatre, he turned to sculpture after 1904, studying in Paris with Léon Bérard, Léopold-Sinaïeff Bernstein, and Jean-Antoine Injalbert. Supported by patron Savva Morozov, he quickly gained recognition for his portrait work.

Soudbinine’s sculptures were shown in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, Berlin, Venice, and New York. He created portraits of prominent figures including Maxim Gorky, Fyodor Chaliapin, and Anna Pavlova. After the Russian Revolution, he remained in Paris, later working in ceramics. His works are held in major collections such as the Musée d’Orsay (Paris), the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), and the Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow).

Soudbinine died in Paris in 1944.

Starting price: 10000€
Estimate: 12000-15000€
Hammer Price: 12000€