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A rare Russian porcelain vase richly gilded and hand-painted in the chinoiserie style.
Attributed to the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, period of Emperor Nicholas I (1825–1855).
Height: 37 cm.

This elaborately decorated vase exemplifies the luxurious taste of the Nicholas I era, when the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory produced highly ornamental pieces influenced by both European neoclassicism and oriental decorative traditions.

The body is designed in a classical krater shape, with a flaring scalloped rim and twin handles modeled as mythological masks. The surface is divided into vertical panels featuring figures in oriental costumes, alternating with floral and bird motifs painted in vivid enamels over a black ground. The lower section is adorned with raised oval medallions in imitation of gemstones, surrounded by delicate gilded beading. The square base continues the floral theme with richly detailed bouquets and gold foliage.

Such works were often produced in small numbers for imperial residences or court presentation gifts. The combination of black background, multicolored enamels, and lavish gilding reflects the fascination with East Asian art that spread across Europe in the early 19th century.

A closely related example is known from Litfund Auction No. 175 (August 29, 2019, Lot 5), confirming this vase’s association with the St. Petersburg Imperial Porcelain Manufactory and its refined artistry of the Nicholas I period.

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

A Russian silver-gilt vodka tumbler with guilloché enamel
 St Petersburg, Grachev Brothers manufactory, 1908-1917.
Silver, gilding, guilloché enamel.
 Marked: firm’s mark Br. Grachevy; assay mark of St.Petersburg. Weight: 23,4 g. Dimensions: 4,2 x 3,5 x 3,5 cm.
A small tapering vodka cup of elegant, restrained profile, the body entirely covered with translucent pale green guilloché enamel laid over an engine-turned ground.
The tumbler was produced by the honourable St Petersburg firm of the Brothers Grachev, one of the major Russian silver manufacturers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1866 by Gavriil Petrovich Grachev, the enterprise was continued by his sons Mikhail, Simon, and Grigory, and from 1892 held the prestigious title of supplier to the Imperial Court, reconfirmed in 1901. Although especially renowned for works in the Russian Revival taste, the firm also produced objects in historicist and modern refined table forms, demonstrating a wide range of silversmithing techniques, including enamelling.

Starting price: 800€
Estimate: 1000-1200€
Hammer Price: €

An interesting Russian desk set commemorating the Franco-Russian Alliance (1891–1894).
Porcelain, polychrome painting.
Height: 26.5 cm.

The composition depicts two soldiers — one French, the other Russian — standing together in a friendly handshake, symbolizing the military and political union between the two nations at the end of the 19th century. The French soldier is dressed in a grey-blue tunic and red trousers, while the Russian wears a dark green uniform with red shoulder boards and a fur cap. At their feet lie a drum and a cannon barrel, linking the scene to a martial setting.

The piece likely served as a desk accessory, combining decorative and symbolic purposes. Such objects were produced in Russia around the time of the Franco-Russian Alliance, a pivotal event that reshaped the European balance of power before World War I.

The alliance, formalized between 1891 and 1894, united Republican France and Imperial Russia in mutual defense against the growing threat of Germany and Austria-Hungary. It marked the beginning of the diplomatic configuration later known as the Triple Entente.

This porcelain figure embodies the spirit of solidarity and goodwill between the two nations and stands as a vivid example of late 19th-century commemorative art, blending political symbolism with the charm of genre porcelain sculpture.

Starting price: 400€
Estimate: 500-700€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

A Russian silver-gilt vodka tumbler with guilloché enamel
 St Petersburg, Grachev Brothers manufactory, 1908-1917.
Silver, gilding, guilloché enamel.
Marked: firm’s mark Br. Grachevy; assay mark of St.Petersburg. Weight: 25,1 g. Dimensions: 4,2 x 3,5 x 3,5 cm.
A small tapering vodka cup of elegant, restrained profile, the body entirely covered with translucent pale blue guilloché enamel laid over an engine-turned ground.
The tumbler was produced by the honourable St Petersburg firm of the Brothers Grachev, one of the major Russian silver manufacturers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1866 by Gavriil Petrovich Grachev, the enterprise was continued by his sons Mikhail, Simon, and Grigory, and from 1892 held the prestigious title of supplier to the Imperial Court, reconfirmed in 1901. Although especially renowned for works in the Russian Revival taste, the firm also produced objects in historicist and modern refined table forms, demonstrating a wide range of silversmithing techniques, including enamelling.

Starting price: 800€
Estimate: 1000-1200€
Hammer Price: €

An interesting Russian porcelain coffee set with hand-painted views of Feodosia, produced at a private manufactory in Russia, late 19th century.
The set includes a coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl, and four cups with saucers.
Height of the coffee pot: 25 cm.

This elegant ensemble is richly decorated in deep burgundy and gold tones, with finely painted landscape scenes depicting coastal views of Feodosia — ships in the harbor, fortress walls, and seaside architecture. Each panel is framed by gilded borders, while the upper sections of the vessels are adorned with floral garlands and neoclassical ornaments in vibrant enamels. The interiors and handles are fully gilded, reflecting the luxurious character of Russian porcelain of the period.

Starting price: 2000€
Estimate: 2500-3000€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

Russian silver beer cup or tankard, mid-19th century. Of slightly tapering scalloped form with shaped handle, engraved with ornamental cartouches and floral sprays, and retaining a gilt interior. Marked A.M., dated 1854, and with 84 zolotnik silver standard.

Height: 13 cm
Weight: 219.2 g

Starting price: 600€
Estimate: 800-1000€
Hammer Price: €

A Fabergé silver glass holder in the Neoclassical style.
St Petersburg, firm of Karl Fabergé, workmaster Anders (Antti) Nevalainen, 1898-1908.
Silver, glass; casting, chasing, beading.
Silver weight: 182 g.
Dimensions without glass: 10.7 × 9.5 × 7.5 cm.
Marks: firm mark К. ФАБЕРЖЕ beneath the Imperial warrant; workmaster’s mark A.N for Anders Nevalainen; St Petersburg assay mark; 88 zolotniki silver standard.
Scratched inventory number: 13720.
A silver tea glass holder of cylindrical form, fitted with a clear glass liner and a plain angular handle. The body is conceived in a restrained Neoclassical manner, with smooth polished walls rising from a stepped circular foot. The lower section is enriched with finely executed beaded borders and a chased palmette frieze, lending the otherwise austere form a discreet architectural rhythm.
Anders, or Antti, Juhaninpoika Nevalainen (1858-1933) was a Finnish gold- and silversmith and one of the notable Fabergé workmasters in St Petersburg. Born in Kylänlahti, Pielisjärvi, Finland, he trained first in Finland and then in St Petersburg, where he became a master goldsmith in 1885. His workshop, located at 35 Kazanskaya Street, worked under contract for the Fabergé firm and produced silver-mounted frames, cigarette cases, small silver-gilt objects, enamelled accessories and mounted works in wood, leather and other materials.

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

A Russian porcelain dining service of 30 pieces, richly decorated with cobalt-blue and gold floral painting.
Attributed to the Kuznetsov Manufactory, late 19th century.
Dimensions of the pot: 14 x 31 x 19.5 cm.
Diameter of the saucer plate: 16.5 cm.

The service includes plates of various sizes, serving platters, sauce boats, and bowls, all unified by a refined design featuring delicate hand-painted blue flowers and gilded foliage on a white ground. The rims are bordered with a deep cobalt band, enhanced by gold scrolls and accents, creating a striking contrast and sense of depth.

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

Fabergé Silver-Gilt and Enamel Charka
 Moscow, ca. 1899–1908.
 Silver-gilt, opaque enamel.
 Dimensions: 4 × 11.4 × 7 cm. Weight: 128.6 g
A refined silver-gilt kovsh/charka, its body cloaked in a deep opaque blue enamel, accented with applied silver ornament and bead motifs. Its shaped handle is richly modeled with scrollwork and bears a cabochon accent, uniting traditional Russian form with decorative finesse.
The kovsh, historically a Russian ladle-like vessel, was revived in late 19th-century decorative arts as a symbol of national identity. Fabergé’s Moscow workshops elevated the form by combining classical silhouettes with high-quality enameling and luxurious silver detailing.
Comparable example:
A blue opaque enamelled covsh parcel-gilt and set with seed pearls, marked Fabergé with the Imperial warrant (Moscow, 1908–1917, scratched inventory number 24699) was sold at Christie’s for 181,250 GBP. That kovsh features blue biscuit enamel bands, clusters of raised leaves in oxidized silver, and seed-pearl decoration in the Old Russian style. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5091445

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

Plate by the Kornilov Brothers Manufactory
Russia, St. Petersburg, second half of the 19th century
Porcelain, overglaze polychrome painting, gilding
Diameter: 24.3 cm

An elegant round porcelain plate decorated with hand-painted bouquets of garden flowers — violets, dahlias, and roses — rendered in the refined painterly style characteristic of the Kornilov Brothers factory. A small floral wreath adorns the center, while the rim is highlighted with a delicate gold border, partially preserved.

The Kornilov Brothers porcelain was admired for its fine white body and meticulous decorative work. Their pieces were highly sought after among the St. Petersburg elite and were often commissioned for private households and noble estates. In the late 19th century, Kornilov’s production competed with that of Kuznetsov and Gardner, maintaining a distinctive sense of grace and artistry rooted in hand craftsmanship.

The factory mark of the Kornilov Brothers on the underside confirms the authenticity of the piece.

Starting price: 50€
Estimate: 100-150€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

A pair of Russian Art Nouveau silver champagne flutes.
Moscow, workshop of Antip Ivanovich Kuzmichev, 1898-1908.
Silver; engraved and polished.
Height: 13.5 cm.
Total weight: 234 g.
Marks: maker’s mark “АК” for Antip Kuzmichev; Moscow assay mark with 84 zolotnik silver standard.
A pair of elegant silver champagne flutes of tapering conical form, each raised on a circular spreading foot. The vessels are decorated with finely engraved Art Nouveau floral motifs: long curved stems, pendant bell-shaped blossoms and delicate linear foliage, arranged asymmetrically across the polished silver surface.
On the reverse of each flute is engraved the Roman numeral “XXV”, most probably indicating a twenty-fifth anniversary or jubilee gift.
Antip Ivanovich Kuzmichev occupies an important, though still insufficiently studied, place in Russian decorative art of the late nineteenth century. His factory, founded in 1856, produced a wide range of artistic works in gold, silver and bronze. By the end of the century it had grown into a substantial Moscow enterprise, known particularly for silver and enamel objects. Kuzmichev’s name is also associated with the export of Russian enamel wares to the United States, including works retailed by Tiffany & Co., which helped introduce Moscow silver and enamel to an international audience.
Although Kuzmichev was not an official supplier to the Imperial Court, his workshop was highly regarded. At the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, his name was mentioned alongside major Russian silver firms such as Ovchinnikov and Kurlyukov.

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

Plate by the Kornilov Brothers Manufactory
Russia, St. Petersburg, second half of the 19th century
Porcelain, overglaze polychrome painting, gilding
Diameter: 24.3 cm

An elegant round porcelain plate decorated with hand-painted bouquets of garden flowers — violets, dahlias, and roses — rendered in the refined painterly style characteristic of the Kornilov Brothers factory. A small floral wreath adorns the center, while the rim is highlighted with a delicate gold border, partially preserved.

The Kornilov Brothers porcelain was admired for its fine white body and meticulous decorative work. Their pieces were highly sought after among the St. Petersburg elite and were often commissioned for private households and noble estates. In the late 19th century, Kornilov’s production competed with that of Kuznetsov and Gardner, maintaining a distinctive sense of grace and artistry rooted in hand craftsmanship.

The factory mark of the Kornilov Brothers on the underside confirms the authenticity of the piece.

Starting price: 50€
Estimate: 100-150€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

Icon of Saint John the Baptist
Central Russia, second half of the 19th century
Tempera on wood
Dimensions: 35.5 × 30.5 cm

A finely painted Russian icon depicting Saint John the Baptist, portrayed half-length and holding a chalice containing the image of the infant Christ — a symbolic reference to his prophecy of the coming of the Savior and his role as the Forerunner. In his left hand, the saint holds a scroll with a passage from the Gospel.

The borders feature Saint Anna on the left and a Guardian Angel on the right, painted within small decorative panels.

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

Painting “Forest bank of the river”. Platonov Semyon Sergeevich (1860-1925). Signature in the lower left corner.
Painting dimensions: 39.2 x 20 cm.
Dimensions with frame: 56 x 35.5 cm.

Starting price: 1200€
Estimate: 1500-2000€

Painting “Fisherman on the river”. Signature in the lower left corner. Platonov Semyon Sergeevich (1860-1925).
Painting dimensions: 39.2 x 20 cm.
Dimensions with frame: 56 x 35.5 cm.

Starting price: 1200€
Estimate: 1500-2000€

A Russian Trompe-l’oeil Kovsh in the Form of a Half Pear
Moscow, master “IV”, 1908-1917.
Silver; cast, chased.
Size: 7.0 × 13.5 × 11.5 cm. Weight: 249 g.
Marks: maker’s mark “IV”; Moscow assay mark; 84 zolotnik silver standard.
A finely modelled silver kovsh conceived as a trompe-l’oeil half pear, its sculptural body rendered with softly swelling contours and an asymmetrical profile that closely follows the natural form of the fruit. The surface is articulated with restrained linear accents suggesting the pear’s ribs and growth, while the handle is cast as a curving branch and joined to a sharply observed leaf, its veins and serrated edges carefully chased.
The piece belongs to the distinctive current of Moscow silver of the late Imperial period, when masters working in the Art Nouveau idiom turned to organic form, botanical motifs, and fluid silhouette.

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

A Russian oil on canvas painting “Autumn landscape”. Attributed to Pavel Zigus. Beginning of the 20th century. Dimensions: 110 x 57 cm. framed, 90 х 35 cm. without.

Starting price: €2 000,00€
Estimate: 2500-3000€

Icon of Saint George and the Dragon in Silver Riza
Warsaw, Russian Empire, 1894
Maker’s mark: O. Radke
Wood, tempera, silver
Dimensions: 23.5 × 17.2 × 2 cm

This finely crafted Russian icon depicts Saint George the Victorious, one of the most revered warrior saints of the Orthodox Church, shown on horseback slaying the dragon — a timeless symbol of faith’s triumph over evil. The saint’s face and hands are delicately painted in oil, while the remainder of the composition is covered with a richly embossed silver riza (revetment).

The riza bears the mark of O. Radke, a prominent Warsaw silversmith of the late 19th century, known for the exceptional quality of his ecclesiastical metalwork.

Starting price: 800€
Estimate: 1000-1500€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€

A Russian oil on canvas painting “Autumn landscape”. Attributed to Pavel Zigus. Beginning of the 20th century. Dimensions: 110 x 57 cm. framed, 90 х 35 cm. without.

Starting price: €2 000,00€
Estimate: 2500-3000€

Signed Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Saint Alexander Nevsky
Russia, 1876
Tempera and gold leaf on wood
Signed by the icon painter Mikhail Yudin
Dimensions: 44.7 x 37.5 x 3.6 cm.

This exceptional icon depicts Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, the merciful bishop of Myra, and Saint Alexander Nevsky, the revered Russian prince and defender of St. Petersburg. Above them, Christ Pantocrator appears in a radiant mandorla, bestowing blessing upon the saints below. The background is richly gilded with a finely tooled ornamental repoussé pattern immitating the prescious riza.
An inscription along the lower border identifies the artist and the date:
“Written by icon painter Mikhail Yudin in St. Petersburg, on the 10th day of 1876.”

Mikhail Iudin (1818–1900) was one of the most renowned Russian icon painters of the second half of the 19th century. Born in Palekh, a historic center of iconography, he began his career in the workshop of Sofronov, another famed Palekh master, before moving to St. Petersburg. There he worked in the celebrated workshop of Imperial Court Supplier Mikhail Peshekhonov, later establishing his own studio near the Semenovsky Bridge on the Fontanka River. His workshop became one of the leading centers of Petersburg icon painting, known for its refined execution and luminous coloring.

Yudin was considered a “lichnik”, a title reserved for master painters responsible for the most delicate and spiritually significant part of the icon—the faces (liks) of the saints. His work represents the high Petersburg style of the late 19th century, blending traditional iconographic precision with the painterly elegance and decorative opulence characteristic of Russian Empire capital fine art.

Starting price: 15000€
Estimate: 20000-25000€
Hammer Price: UNSOLD€