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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
11 300 - 12 200 EUR
12 700 - 13 800 USD
Hammer price
140 000 SEK
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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.
