A silver-mounted cameo glass jar, workmaster Maria Linke, C.E. Bolin, Moscow 1891.
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The turquoise-coloured glass cut with a flowering bough, mounted with a silver, hinged lid with a rocaille border and engraved with initials NB, art nouveau style, gilt interior, 84 standard. Height 10.3 cm, diameter 6.2 cm.
Provenance
W.A. Bolin Collection
More information
Many of Bolin’s exclusive silver objects made in Moscow bear, in addition to the company mark, the initials ML. ML stands for Marie Linke who was one of the main workmasters that Bolin cooperated with. According to Tatjana Muntjans research in 'W.A. Bolin, Bolin in Russia', 2001, Maria Linke was registered as the owner of a workshop in 1866-1894. She was married to the Prussian Edward Linke and had a son Konstantin who followed in his mother’s footsteps and later also became a workmaster at Bolin with the makers mark “KL”.
