A pair of parcel gilt silver sauce boats, W.A. Bolin, Stockholm 1943
With chased bodies and foliate handles. Length 17 cm, height 10 cm, total weight ca 570 grams.
Minor wear.
W.A. Bolin Collection
Moscow, Kremlins Museums, 2001 'W.A. BOLIN Bolin in Russia Court jeweller late XIX-early XX centuries', catalogue no 131.
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. 178, catalogue no 131.
In the 1940s, copies were made of a number of older silver items, primarily from the 18th Century, to demonstrate that silversmiths still mastered the ancient craft techniques, particularly chasing in this case.