An 18K gold box with black enamel and rose-cut diamonds. W.A. Bolin, Moscow 1912-1917.
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The box of rounded form, in center of the lid a scene in polished gold against a background of black matted opaque enamel, picturing a lady in front of a mirror held by a cupid in art deco style, surrounded with rose cut diamonds. Later marked W.A. Bolin Stockholm 1919. Inside the lid is a mirror. Original fitted case included. Height 1.3 cm. Width 4 cm. Length 5.2 cm. Weight: 35.4 g.
The mirror inside with damage.
Provenance
W.A. Bolin Collection
Exhibitions
W.A. Bolin 200 years, "Smycken & Silver för tsarer, drottningar och andra", Stockholm 1996, catalogue no 24.
The Armoury Museum, the Kremlin, Moscow, 2001 'W.A. BOLIN Bolin in Russia Court jeweller late XIX-early XX centuries', catalogue no 120 p. 174.
Literature
Magdalena Ribbing et al., "Jewelry & Silver - for Tsars, Queens, and Others, W.A. Bolin 200 Years", Västerås 1996, illustrated and mentioned at p. 63.
Ed. Christian Bolin, Pavel Bulatow, "W.A. BOLIN Bolin in Russia Court jeweller late XIX-early XX centuries", New Hermitage-one Moskva 2001, illustrated p. 174, catalogue no 120.
