AUCTION
Wednesday 31 May 2023
9.30 a.m. | lots 1-279
2.30 p.m. | lots 280-653
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Turin
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Two snuff boxes
St. Petersburg and Hungary, late 19th Century
Engraved silver, one with gallant scene, Hungary 1866-1937 and one with geometric decoration, Mikail Iakovlevich Isakov, St. Petersburg, late 19th Century.
202 g
The St. Petersburg snuff box 0.7 x 3.7 x 2.1
Starting price: € 700
Group of three snuff boxes
France, after 1838
Two silver, silver-gilt and nielloed silver snuffboxes, one with a sledge and one with a hunting scene on the cover, France after 1838 and one with a clock applied to the cover, Paris after 1838.
Clock not working, one hand
Starting price: € 1.500
Group of three snuff boxes
Moscow, 1827-1856
Nielloed and gilder silver with views and monuments.
274 g
The largest 0.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Group of three snuff boxes
Moscow, 19th Century
Two partially nielloed silver snuffboxes with sled on the lid, Moscow, late 19th century and one partially nielloed silver snuff box, with the engraving "Souvenir du Compte W. Sollohub" inside the lid, Sazikov, Moscow 1845.
288 g
The Moscow 1845 snuff box 1.3 x 3.7 x
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Starting price: € 1.200
Group of three snuff boxes
Moscow, late 19th Century
Nielloed and partially gilded silver, with views and monuments.
One with internal mirror and a replacement on the cover.
330 g
The largest 0.7 x 3.3 x 2.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Two snuff boxes
Ivan Kaltikov, Moscow, 1822-1855
Gilded and nielloed silver, with landscapes and temples.
240 g
1 x 3.7 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Two cigarette cases
Moscow, 1875-1880
Silver and niello with architectures on the cover, gilt inside.
Damage and wear to the gilding.
182 g
The largest 0.8 x 3.5 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 800
Cigarette case and snuff box
Moscow, late 19th Century
Silver and nielloed silver cigarette case with geometric decoration, gilded inside, Moscow 1880 and silver and nielloed silver snuffbox with geometric decoration, gilded inside, Mikhail Vasil'evic Maslov, Moscow, late 19th century.
306 g
Cigarette case 0.4 x 3.9 x 2.8
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Starting price: € 1.000
Snuff box
Probably Estonia, 20th Century
Silver, with rays shaped flutes, with gilt silver clip, an engraved monogram inside of the cover.
178 g
0.4 x 3.9 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Cigarette case
Dmitry Nikolaev, Moscow, 1899-1908
Silver gilt, with match holder, on the lid a monogram surmounted by a marquis crown, on the back an engraved inscription in Cyrillic characters and the date 15-IV-1904.
Assay mark of Ivan Lebedkin.
252 g
0.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 in.
Starting price: € 600
Cigarette case
Chester, 1899-1900
Silver, engraved with scrolls and plant spirals, gilded inside.
130 g
0.7 x 4.9 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Cigar case
Probably Russia, 19th Century
Engraved, chiselled, gilded and nielloed silver.
Apparently unmarked, except with French import mark after 1897 from non-contracting countries.
72 g
5 x 0.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Pair of figures
Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersbourgh, 1916
Two white porcelain figures depicting two traditional Russian costumes.
Marked and engraved with Cyrillic characters under the base.
The tallest 8.3 x 3.9 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.600
Carpet
Persia, 20th Century
Leaf decorations on blue ground.
Some wear.
78.7 x 43.3 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 650
Cigarette case
Moscow, 1908-1927
Silver and polychrome enamels with decoration of floral scrolls with a medallion with a view of the monastery on the front, gilded inside.
226 g
0.4 x 4.3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Sold for : € 3.400
Cigarette case
Russia, 19th-20th Century
Samorodok silver with gold and onyx clasp.
Apparently not marked.
202 g
0.4 x 3.9 x 3 in.
The Samorodok technique (literally meaning pure metal), very popular in Russia between 19th and 20th centuries, consists of heating silver almost to its melting point and cooling it
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Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 700
Snuff box
Paris, 1819-1838
Silver, silver filigree, silver gilt, niello and rhinestones, on the lid diorama with a heron in a landscape in white silver under glass.
134 g
0.8 x 3.1 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Cigarette case
Vasilii Egorovich Rukavishnicov, Moscow, 1896-1908
Silver with gold, enamel, metal and semi-precious stone applications, with signatures, figures, animals and plaques, a small photograph holder on the front upper corner. Assay mark of Ivan Sergejevitc Lebedkin.
232 g
0.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 4.000
Silver box
London, 1897-1898
Rectangular, embossed and chiselled with volutes and floral decorations, in the center of the lid engraved the monogram of Princess Frederica of Hanover, gilded inside.
Lot including a silver cigarette case, Chester 1888-1889, gilded inside.
276 g
1 x 4.9 x 3.1 in.
Accomp
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 550
Two silver boxes
20th Century
Cigar box in silver and wood, Birmingham 1966 and oval silver box, Italy 20th century.
704 g including wood liner.
1.8 x 6.7 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 200
Two silver boxes
Italy, 20th Century
Silver and wood, rectangular, one smooth and one with guilloché cover.
Not weightable silver.
The largest 1.2 x 7 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Group of four silver small boxes
19th-20th Century
Different shapes and measures, two gilded inside.
Lot includes also a small pewter box.
276 g
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Group of five silver boxes
19th-20th Century
One in guilloché silver with applied coat-of-arms, a silver filigree cigarette case, one embossed and chiselled with vegetal scrolls and two silver and niello snuff boxes, Russia 19th Century.
440 g
Different measures.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 550
Small silver chalice with cover
Israel, 20th Century
Openworked with grapevines, with silver-gilt inside liner, an openworked frieze with Hebrew characters.
162 g
4.5 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 375
OTTO EICHINGER 1922-2004
Portrait of a Rabbi with shtreimel
Oil on board.
10.24 x 7.87 in.
Signed upper left recto, within an elaborate gilt frame.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.000