Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 115*
A fine silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel pictorial casket11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917, with inventory number
7 June 2017, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£150,000 - £200,000
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A fine silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel pictorial casket
11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917, with inventory number
flared rectangular form, sides are decorated with multi-color scrolling floral, foliate and geometric patterns, the hasp and swing handles similarly decorated; the hinged cover with an en plein enamel plaque depicting a wedding scene inspired by the paintings of Konstantin Makovsky and Sergei Solomko within a border of green vines and flowerheads, flanked on either side by stylized panels of scrolling foliate motifs, the interior of the lid with translucent teal enamel over a wavy guilloché engine-turned ground, the mark partially cancelled in the manner of goods intended for export, 84 standard
6.8 x 15.2 x 10.1 cm (2 5/8 x 6 x 4 in).
flared rectangular form, sides are decorated with multi-color scrolling floral, foliate and geometric patterns, the hasp and swing handles similarly decorated; the hinged cover with an en plein enamel plaque depicting a wedding scene inspired by the paintings of Konstantin Makovsky and Sergei Solomko within a border of green vines and flowerheads, flanked on either side by stylized panels of scrolling foliate motifs, the interior of the lid with translucent teal enamel over a wavy guilloché engine-turned ground, the mark partially cancelled in the manner of goods intended for export, 84 standard
6.8 x 15.2 x 10.1 cm (2 5/8 x 6 x 4 in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 20 October 1998, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, lot 176.
Literature
Gerard Hill, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, 2008, no. 111.