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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: €

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€

A Russian painted wood cigarette case with a peasant woman. Palekh, 1920s.

Starting price: 50€
Estimate: 50-100€

Art Deco Diamond Platinum and Gold Movado Bracelet Cocktail Watch Vintage from 1930’s-1940s in original leather case. Total weight: 18.2 gr. Dimensions: 12.92 х 28.26 mm.

Starting price: 1000€
Estimate: 1200-1500€

A Russian bronze composition “Relaxing shepherd”. Author E. Lanceray. Russia, the end of the 19th century. Dimensions: 6 x 17.5 x 8.7 cm.

Starting price: 400€
Estimate: 500-700€

A grand Russian silver-gilt bowl in “Neo-classicism” style. Makers mark of Alexander Vakeva for Faberge firm. Petersburg, 1908-1917. Scratched inventory number 25063. Dimensions: 25.3 x 36 x 5 cm. Weight: 894 gr.

Starting price: 6000€
Estimate: 7000-9000€

A Russian bronze composition “Cossack riding a horse in pursuit”. Author E.A. Lanceray. Petersburg, the end of the 19th century. Dimensions: 28 x 18 cm.

Starting price: 1000€
Estimate: 1300-1800€

An unusual silvered bronze cigar cutter. Height 5 cm.

Starting price: 100€
Estimate: 100-150€

Dancing Peasant
Russian bronze composition
Mid-19th century
Height: 13 cm

This small bronze figure depicts a peasant caught mid-step in a lively dance, his posture animated and expressive. Works of this type reflected the 19th-century fascination with scenes from folk life, capturing the vitality and humor of rural traditions in miniature sculptural form.

Starting price: 500€
Estimate: 600-800€
Hammer Price: €

Cossack on Horseback
Russia (Danzig [Gdańsk], then part of the Russian Empire), late 19th century
Wood, metal
Dimensions: 21.5 × 16 × 7 cm
Inscribed: “А. Ханыковъ. Данцигъ”

A finely carved wooden composition depicting a Cossack horseman, holding a lance and seated on a spirited mount. The sculpture bears a dedication to Alexander Vladimirovich Khanykov (1825–1853) — a noted Russian revolutionary and member of the Petrashevsky Circle, an intellectual and reformist movement in mid-19th century St. Petersburg.

Khanykov, a volunteer student at the St. Petersburg University, was an active participant in the philosophical and political circles of Mikhail Petrashevsky and Nikolai Kashkin. A passionate advocate of Charles Fourier’s socialist ideas, Khanykov delivered a public speech in memory of Fourier on April 7, 1849. That same year, he was arrested in connection with the Petrashevsky case, sentenced to death (later commuted to exile as a private in the Orenburg line battalions).

In exile, Khanykov initiated a secret Russo–Polish–Ukrainian circle, which likely included the poet Taras Shevchenko, also serving in Orenburg. Members of the group held political discussions, wrote satirical pamphlets against the imperial government, and circulated banned literature on economics, geography, and history. Khanykov also compiled a clandestine manuscript on world history praising popular sovereignty and the ideals of the French Revolution of 1789 and 1848, expressing sympathy for Christian socialism.

This wooden sculpture — created in Danzig (now Gdańsk) — appears to be a commemorative or symbolic representation of Khanykov’s revolutionary courage and his association with the frontier and Cossack imagery.

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

A Russian neo renaissance style cast silver and glass inlay egg cup. Makers mark of Imperial Court supplier P. Ovchinnikov. Moscow, the end of the 19th century. Dimensions: 5.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm. Silver weight: 28 gr.

Starting price: 150€
Estimate: 150-250€

A Cast Iron Sculpture of Kirghiz on Horseback, Early 20th Century, Kusa, Russia. Signed by V. Torohin. Vasily Fedorovich Torokin, born in Kaslinsky, Ekaterinburg District, worked at the Kusinsky Ironworks from 1859. Starting as a sand preparation worker, he advanced to mold maker and sculptor. A self-taught artist, he studied sculpture under M.D. Kanaev and N.R. Bakh. Torokin created models inspired by sculptors like P.K. Klodt and N.I. Liberikh and developed original iron casting designs. Dimensions: 21 x 18.7 x 9.5 cm.

Starting price: 300€
Estimate: 400-500€

Russian cufflinks. Gold, diamonds (1.02 ct.), agates (11.96 ct.). Petersburg. AH and 56 marks.

Starting price: 2500€
Estimate: 3500-4000€

An Extremely Rare Russian self-portrait bronze bust of Stephan Dmitrievitch Erzia (Nefedov) (1876-1959) named “Toska” (melancholy). This bust is considered a prominent early artwork by Erzia. Stepan Erzia graduated from Moscow College of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. His teachers were S. Ivanov, Kasatkine, Pasternak, Volnuhine. In 1906 Erzia moved to Italy with his friend and colleague Daniello Tinelli. A few months later he spent all his money and had to apply for a factory job. On getting his first paycheck, Erzia bought some clay and made a clay head which He later called “Toska” (exhibited in Nice Museum, a bronze copy also belongs to Russian State museum in Saint-Petersburg). This self-portrait shows Stepan Erzia as a tired and hungry master. The work became a turning point for his future international fame. Dimensions: 29 x 26 x 13 cm. See Erzia’s similar bronze works: Sotheby’s, 01 Dec 2015 London, United Kingdom Russian Pictures Lot number 115 Female Bust, 1915 Sold 50000 GBP и Sotheby’s, 02 Jun 2015 London, United Kingdom Russian Pictures Lot number 76 Head of a Girl 28000 GBP.

Starting price: 18000€
Estimate: 20000-30000€