AUCTION
Tuesday 22 September 2020
9.30 am | lots 1-292
2 pm | lots 293-665
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
From Thursday 10 September by appointment only (+39 011 0199101; info@astebolaffi.it).
From Thursday 17 to Tuesday 22 September 2020, free entrance from 10 am to 6 pm.
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
Group of six boxes
19th Century and later
Three tortoise-shell round small boxes, one in briar with bas-relief of landscape with architectures on the cover, one silver-plated metal and one rectangular in inlaid wood.
Breaks and lacks.
The briar box 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Two silver-gilt and enamels eggs and a caviar bowl
Russia, 20th Century
With Fabergé and silversmith's marks in Cyrillic characters, with floral decorations in polychrome enamels, with cabochon glass paste. In the lot also a silver stand for one egg.
468 g
Eggs 4.1 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.000
Group of seven hard stones animals
20th Century
Two nephrite ducks and a tiger's eye one, an amethyst squirrel, an aventurine fish, a tiger eye turtle and one in lapis-lazuli. In the lot also two stone animals of archaic form, possibly Argentina.
Tiger's eye duck 4.7 x 2 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 200
Two wooden and silver walking sticks
Russia, early 20th Century
Both wooden, with silver tip and silver, silver-gilt and vitreous pastes knob in the form of a bulldog with openable mouth.
Bearing Fabergé mark and I.P. initial.
The longer 35.8 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Group of silver and silver-plated objects
Comprising a group of twenty-four silver glasses, mostly Russia, 19th-20th Century, a set of twelve silver-gilt and enamels small spoons and another one different, a set of six silver-gilt and enamels small forks, a silver cake spoon, a set of three silver and
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Icon on board
Saint Petersbourg or Central Russia, mid-19th Century
Depicting Saints Constantine and Elena.
8.9 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 500
Icon on board
Saint Petersbourg or Central Russia, mid-19th Century
Depicting the nativity of the Virgin.
8.9 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 600
Orthodox icon on board
19th Century
Depicting a Saint who indicates the sky.
8.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 350
Group of five travel icons
19th Century and later
One depicting a chosen Saint marked Moscow 1863, two depicting of the Mother of God of Kazan, late 19th Century, a St. Nicholas with metal riza, 20th Century and a handheld icon of the Orthodox saint, late 19th Century.
The larger 2.8 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Miniature chest-of-drawers
Piedmont, 18th-19th Century
Walnut, with two drawers, brass handles and friezes, on tapered legs.
Minor damages to the top, wear.
6.8 x 11.8 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200