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A jewelled and enamelled silver snuffbox, assay master Ivan Lebedkin, C.E. Bolin, Moscow 1899-1908.

Estimate
120 000 - 130 000 SEK
10 700 - 11 600 EUR
10 900 - 11 800 USD
Hammer price
140 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Lisa Gartz
Stockholm
Lisa Gartz
Head Specialist Silver
+46 (0)709 17 99 93
A jewelled and enamelled silver snuffbox, assay master Ivan Lebedkin, C.E. Bolin, Moscow 1899-1908.

An Art Nouveau arrow shaped box, the hinged cover applied with silver fanned branches with diamond-set stems and translucent green enamelled foliage on opaque sky blue en plein enamelled ground, marked inside cover and base. Dimensions 8.7 x 5.6 x 1.9 cm. Weight 94 g.

Provenance

W.A. Bolin Collection

More information

For a similar example of Bolin's use of diamond-set naturalistic leaf forms and en plein enamelling on a powder-box, marked Bolin, Moscow, 1899-1908 and held in the collection of the Russian National Museum, Moscow, see C. Bolin and P. Bulatov, Bolin in Russia. Court Jeweller, Moscow, 2001, p. 233, No. 227.

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