Moscow

Lot 65. A Russian parcel-gilt silver bunch of grapes cup and cover, maker's mark?. S (Cyrillic), unidentified assay master W.A. (Goldberg 596), Moscow, circa 1760; 27cm., 10 1/2 i.n high; 253gr, 8oz. 6dwt. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 3,250 GBP. © Sotheby's 2017 axeman and vine stem, body, cover and foot embossed with lobes, marked on body, cover and foot. Sotheby's. From Earth to Fire, London, 4 May 2017 

  Fabergé gold and sepia enamel Admiralty Clock. Height: 4 3/8 inches 11.1 cm). A La Vieille Russie, Inc. at Masterpiece London 2015, stand C8. Fabergé Pink Trellis Box – Circular pink and trelliswork guilloché enamel gold-mounted patch box, with two colors of color and featuring green and red enamel. By Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin. St. Petersburg, circa 1899. Provenance: Queen Mary of Romania, granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II. A La Vieille Russie, Inc. at Masterpiece London 2015, stand C8. Gold,... [Lire la suite]

An Art Nouveau gold compact featuring rue anemones ornamented with cabochon sapphires surrounded by rose-cut diamonds, by Fabergé. Moscow, 1896-1908. A La Vieille Russie, Inc (stand 110). TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015) Art Deco lapis lazuli, diamond and enamel drop earrings. A La Vieille Russie, Inc (stand 110). TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

A Hispano Flemish Baroque style inlaid rosewood, etched bone and tortoiseshell parcel-ebonized cabinet on stand, second half 19th century. Sold for US$ 149,000 (€109,165). Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY.- A 19th century rosewood cabinet, inlaid with scenes from the novel Don Quixote, was the protagonist in Bonhams Fine American & European Furniture, Silver, Folk and Decorative Arts & Clocks sale on January 23. Rendered in a Hispano Flemish Baroque style with gilt parcel, etched bone and faux... [Lire la suite]

An Enamel and Gem-set Bracelet by Carlo Giuliano, English, circa 1860-1863. Photo courtesy Wartski A graduated gold bracelet centred by an enamel lozenge decorated with a raised gold cupid in front of a turquoise blue background with hand painted foliate design, the enamel highlighted with rose cut diamonds, the lozenge framed by a black champlevé enamel and pearl border. A glazed compartment is located behind the central plaque. Signed ‘C.G.’ to the clasp and behind the enamel plaque. The cupid is positioned as if he were... [Lire la suite]

Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842), A portrait of Countess Golovine, Moscow, about 1797-1800, oil on canvas. Purchased 1980 (No. 80.1). The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Countess Golovine sweeps up her shawl and looks at us with startling candour. Vigée-Lebrun met and befriended Varvara Nikolaevna Golovine (1766–1821) in Russia in the late 1790s during the artist’s exile from revolutionary France. She described Golovine as a ‘charming woman’ who was a talented musician and artist, and a lover of literature. The... [Lire la suite]

An enamelled and gem-set coloured gold mounted double nephrite bell push by Carl Fabergé, Moscow, 1896-1908. Photo courtesy Wartsky of rectangular form, the top decorated with oyster coloured enamel plaques beneath gold cagework set with rose diamonds, centring an elliptical pattern of coloured gold swags, with two raised mountsholding the cabochon garnet and moonstone pushes, the sides banded with ribbon tied gold reeding, supported on four gadrooned gold feet. 11.2 by 7.7 by 2.3 cms. Price on... [Lire la suite]

A Russian Silver-Gilt Presentation Charger. Maker's Mark Cyrillic 'IZ,' Possibly for Ivan Zaitsev, Moscow, 1826. photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012  Circular, the border repoussé and chased with a frieze of military trophies alternating with Imperial double-headed eagles above floral garlands, within a berried laurel rim, the center applied with the initial 'K' beneath an Imperial crown, on a sunburst ground, all within a band of military trophies, marked throughout; 22 in. (55.9 cm.)... [Lire la suite]

Created by senior Fabergé workmaster August Holmström circa 1900, the flexible bracelet is composed of twelve diamond-set sections, mounted with brilliant-cut diamonds. Photo: Bonhams. LONDON.- A stunning diamond Fabergé bracelet is one of the highlights of the Russian Sale, taking place at Bonhams on 8th June at New Bond Street. The bracelet is estimated to sell for £70,000 – 100,000. Created by senior Fabergé workmaster August Holmström circa 1900, the flexible bracelet is composed of twelve diamond-set sections, mounted with... [Lire la suite]

Fabergé Jewelled and Two-Color Gold-Mounted Silver Cigarette Case. Photo: Sotheby's LONDON.- From a busy saleroom opened to capacity, with two banks of 60 telephone lines reserved to execute bids on behalf of potential buyers, clients enthusiastically competed to acquire a piece of Russian Imperial history in Sotheby’s Sale of ‘Romanov Heirlooms: The Lost Inheritance of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna’. The auction, which saw every lot contested by several bidders, exceeded all pre-sale expectations (estimate:... [Lire la suite]