An important brooch with pearls and diamonds, C.E. Bolin, St Petersburg 1899-1908, owner of the workshop Sofia Schwan
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In the shape of an elegant flowering branch. Dimensions ca 10 X 7 cm, weight 42 g. Struck with initials SS for Sofia Schwan, 56 standard. Original case included. The brooch pin can be detached.
Provenance
W.A. Bolin collection. A general of a remaining part of the imperial white army ended up at the end of the Russian revolution in the Murmansk area and managed to escape via Norway. The general had this brooch still in his possession. The Bolin family recently approached by a descendent of the General and acquired the brooch.
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Sofia Schwan was one of many women active in the Russian jewellery industry. She inherited the workshop from her husband, Robert Schwan, who was a workmaster for Bolin until his passing in 1895. The ownership gave her the right to use her own mark SS. Under Sofia Schwan's leadership Bolin produced some of the finest jewellery in the collection of the Imperial family.
