Furniture, paintings and works of art
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
VIEWING
From Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 May from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. From Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 May from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Torino
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Lot 511
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
Lot 512
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
Lot 513
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
Lot 514
Carpet
Persia, 20th Century
Leaf decorations on blue ground.
Some wear.
78.7 x 43.3 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 515
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
Lot 516
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
Lot 517
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
Lot 518
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
Lot 519
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
Lot 520
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