A silver and Carelian birch frame with glass, photograph depicting king Gustav V of Sweden, W.A. Bolin, Stockholm 1918.
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Rectangular wood panel with silver decoration, at the top crown over the kings mirror monogram. The wooden back with a matchning strut that folds in. Original fitted case and drawing included. Original fitted case and drawing included. Measurements 30 x 21 cm.
Provenance
W.A. Bolin Collection
Exhibitions
W.A. Bolin 200 years, 'Smycken & Silver för tsarer, drottningar och andra', Stockholm 1996, catalogue no 32.
The Armoury Museum, the Kremlin, Moscow , 2001 ‘W.A. BOLIN Bolin in Russia Court jeweller late XIX-early XX centuries’, catalogue no 132, p. 179.
Literature
Magdalena Ribbing et al., 'Jewellery & Silver - for Tsars, Queens, and Others, W.A. Bolin 200 Years', Västerås 1996, illustrated and mentioned at p. 110.
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. 179, catalogue no 132.
More information
These were produced in an edition of twelve for the most prominent Swedish embassies.
