Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Lot 93
A jewelled gold and silver brooch in the shape of a bumblebeeBolin Firm, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£50,000 - £70,000
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A jewelled gold and silver brooch in the shape of a bumblebee
Bolin Firm, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
the body enamelled in dark blue enamel between rows of rose-cut diamonds, centred with a large pearl, eyes set with two rubies, open wings encrusted with rose-cut diamonds, six gold legs, reverse with pin and hook clasp, partial maker's mark, 56 standard; in original fitted leather-covered box lined with dark red velvet and cream silk and stamped with firm's logo,
length: 4.8cm (1 7/8in).
the body enamelled in dark blue enamel between rows of rose-cut diamonds, centred with a large pearl, eyes set with two rubies, open wings encrusted with rose-cut diamonds, six gold legs, reverse with pin and hook clasp, partial maker's mark, 56 standard; in original fitted leather-covered box lined with dark red velvet and cream silk and stamped with firm's logo,
length: 4.8cm (1 7/8in).
Footnotes
EXHIBITED:
Fabergé-Cartier/ Rivalen am Gazenhof, 2004
National-Museum, Stockholm, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 1997, cat 108
Staatliche Rustkamer, Kreml, W.A. Bolin in Russia, Moscow, 2001, cat 240
LITERATURE:
Magdalena Rubbing with T. Muntian, V. Skurlov, L. Zavadskaia, Dragotsennosti I serebro, exhibition catalogue for V.A. Bolin - 200 let, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Stockholm, 1996, item 537, illustrated on page 133
Geza von Habsburg [ed.], Fabergé-Cartier/ Rivalen am Gazenhof, Munich, 2004, page 311, illustrated