Catalogue

A Russian postecard by Elisabeth Boehm. Beginning of the 20th century. Dimensions: 17 x 10.8 cm.

Starting price: 800€
Estimate: 800-1200€

A Russian silver-gilt and cloisonne enamel sugar shovel. Makers mark of Imperial Court supplier I. Khlebnikov. Moscow, 1908-1917. Scratched inventory number: 2385?. Total weight: 47.5 g. Length: 13.5 cm.

Starting price: 500€
Estimate: 600-800€

Massive yellow overlay cut glass goblet, late 19th to early 20th century

Heavy yellow glass goblet with cut clear panels and oval reserves, raised on a short stem and broad spreading foot. A bold decorative example of Central European overlay glass in the Bohemian taste. Height: 16,8 cm.

Starting price: 100€
Estimate: 120-150€
Hammer Price: €

Russian icon “The Anticipation Of The Christ Cross”. Tempera on wood, brass cross, 84 silver standard riza. Russia, 19th century. Dimensions: 44.5 x 38 cm.

Starting price: 1500€
Estimate: 2000-2500€

A Russian cast silver bottle stopper in the shape of a dancing peasant. Moscow, 1899-1908. Height: 7 cm. Weight: 39.3 g.

Starting price: 500€
Estimate: 700-900€

A Russian samovar in the shape of a vase. Brass, Russia, 19th century. Height: 49 cm.

Starting price: 250€
Estimate: 300-400€

Imperial porcelain manufactory. Plaque «Lady Holding a Snuffbox»
Porcelain, silver, chasing.
Makers mark of «DO». Porcelain – second half of the 18th century, silver – 1898-1908.
Dimensions: 7.9 x 8.9 x 1.2 cm.
Total weight: 78.3 g

Painted porcelain plaque depicting a young woman in a lace bonnet and blue dress, shown holding a small snuffbox and a note inscribed with the recipient’s name, Cabinet Courier Bartenev. This plaque referred to the inner side of the lid of a “Packet” Snuffbox addressed to Cabinet Courier Bartenev (Imperial Porcelain Factory. 1750s). See the attachments.
“Packet” snuffboxes were so called because they resembled small postal envelopes or packets. Such snuffboxes were not only used for storing tobacco, but also as a discreet “love mail” exchange in fashionable society.
Silver Workshop of Dmitry Ivanovich Orlov
Founded by Serpukhov merchant Dmitry Orlov, the workshop grew into one of Moscow’s leading producers of silver church vessels. By the 1870s it employed up to 200 craftsmen and collaborated with artists and sculptors, earning a Large Silver Medal at the 1865 Moscow Manufacturing Exhibition.
References: S. N. Kazakov. “Packet” Snuffboxes of the Imperial Porcelain Factory. St. Petersburg, 1913. P. 173-177.

Starting price: 1200€
Estimate: 1500-2000€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

Rare Hermes “Sportsmen” silk scarf, Author Philippe Ledoux. 1970

Starting price: 130€
Estimate: 150-200€

A Russian silver-gilt, cloisonne enamel and cabochons box. Makers mark of Imperial Court supplier P. Ovchinnikov. Moscow, 1908-1917. Dimensions: 2.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm. Total weight: 35 g.

Starting price: 1500€
Estimate: 2000-3000€

An interesting Russian silver and lapis lazuli bell push with a sphinx. Maker’s mark of one of the most famous Imperial stonecutting jewelers Avenir Sumin, who was also an official supplier of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Petersburg, 1908-1917.
Dimensions: 7 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm.
Total weight: 179.5 g.

Starting price: 4500€
Estimate: 5000-7000€

A Russian Silver Tea Service in the Original Fitted Wood Case
Maker’s mark of Pavel Ovchinnikov with Imperial Warrant
St. Petersburg, 1895
Total silver weight: 1302 g
Height of teapot: 14 cm
Dimensions of the box: 30.5 × 50.5 × 14 cm

Comprising a teapot, sugar bowl, cream jug, tea strainer, sugar tongs, and twelve spoons, all finely crafted in silver and preserved in the original velvet-lined wooden traveling case, the interior of the lid stamped in gilt with the Imperial double-headed eagle and the Cyrillic inscription Iz magazina fabrikanta P. Ovchinnikova (“From the shop of the manufacturer P. Ovchinnikov”).

Pavel Akimovich Ovchinnikov (1830–1888) was one of the most distinguished Russian silversmiths and enamel artists of the nineteenth century. Born a serf, he trained in Moscow and, after purchasing his freedom in 1850, founded his own workshop in 1851. By the 1860s, his factory had become one of the largest in Russia, employing over a hundred craftsmen and gaining recognition as the leading innovator of the Neo-Russian style.

Appointed official supplier to the Imperial Court in 1865, Ovchinnikov mastered and revived ancient Russian techniques in silver creations, often decorated with folkloric motifs, became symbols of Russian national identity and artistic revival.

Today, works by Ovchinnikov are represented in the State Hermitage Museum, the State Historical Museum, and the Russian Museum, as well as in major private collections worldwide.

Starting price: 5000€
Estimate: 6000-8000€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

Ruby cut and engraved glass beaker, late 19th to early 20th century

Ruby glass beaker with cut oval panels and engraved floral ornament in the upper band. A decorative example of Central European glass in the Bohemian taste. Height: 12.8 cm.

Starting price: 70€
Estimate: 80-90€
Hammer Price: €

A Russian silver-gilt, cabochons and filigree pillbox. Dimensions: 1 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm. Total weight: 9.7 g.

Starting price: 100€
Estimate: 120-170€

A Silver-Gilt and Agate Covered Vase with Cabochons
Russian (or Western European), early 19th century
Height: 18.3 cm
Dimensions of base: 19.2 × 15.2 cm

Of oval form, the agate bowl and lid are mounted in chased silver-gilt bands with scrolling Renaissance ornament and set with cabochon stones. The entire vessel rests on a tripod of finely cast gilt-silver scroll supports terminating in lion-paw feet, on an agate plinth similarly mounted with gilt borders and cabochons.

The design resonates with the revival of Renaissance taste that spread across Europe—and into Russia—during the early nineteenth century. The interplay of semi-precious hardstone, richly chased gilt silver, and classical proportions demonstrates the kind of luxury object admired in aristocratic collections, echoing the tradition of princely hardstone services from Augsburg, Nuremberg, and St. Petersburg.

Comparable Works: Basket-shaped agate vase from the Hermitage’s collection (State Hermitage Museum, inventory ЭРКм-194). https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/digital-collection/516981?lng=ru

Starting price: 2500€
Estimate: 3000-3500€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

Antique Masonic Knights Templar Ceremonial Sword. With nice engraved blade and owner initials.
Produced by The Lilley Co, Columbus, Ohio
Dimensions:
Total length: 103 cm.
Blade length: 81 cm.
Blade width: 2,4 cm.

Starting price: 300€
Estimate: 300-500€

Three Hermes silk scarfs.

Starting price: 120€
Estimate: 150-200€

A Russian silver-gilt kovsh. Makers mark of Alexander Fuld. Moscow, 1890. Dimensions: 4 x 14.5 x 6.8 cm. Weight: 91.1 g.

Starting price: €200,00€
Estimate: 300-400€

A Russian traveling samovar in the shape of a coffer. Copper, cast, chasing. Grigori Demidov factory in Suksun, Ural Region, Russia, 1760s. The samovar is abundantly decorated with chased bas-reliefs. Dimensions: 21 x 31 x 33 cm. See similar in the Museum of samovars and bouillottes in Tula.

Starting price: 10000€
Estimate: 15000-20000€

Rare Hermes “Équitation japonaise” silk scarf, Author Françoise de la Perrière. Special edition made for Hermes market in Japan. 2004. New comes with the box.

Starting price: 160€
Estimate: 200-250€

Ruby cut glass beaker, late 19th to early 20th century

Ruby glass beaker with all-over cut roundels and a shaped foot. A decorative example of Central European glass in the Bohemian taste. Height: 12 cm.

Starting price: 50€
Estimate: 60-70€
Hammer Price: €