AUCTION
Thursday 23 November 2023
11 a.m. (lots 1-163); 2.30 p.m. (lots 164-489)
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Turin
VIEWING
From Friday 17 November to Thursday 23 November, Sunday excluded
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Spazio Bolaffi, Corso Verona 34/D, Turin
Snuff box
Lukutin Factory, Moscow, 19th Century
Black lacquered papier-mâché with portrait on the lid. Lot including also a similar snuffbox, with a slide painted on the cover.
1.3 x 3.7 x 1.9 in.
Provenienza/Provenance
A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Collezione privata,
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 375
Two cigarette cases
Russia, 19th-20th Century
Gilded and nielloed silver cigarette case, a horse-drawn sleigh on the cover, together with another silver cigarette case, gilded inside, the engraving of a sleigh with a gallant scene on the cover, St. Petersburg, late 19th
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 650
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: € 400
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: € 600 | Sold for : € 850
Icon
Southern Russia, 19th-20th Century
Tempera on panel, depicting the Madonna of Kazan, with silver, silver plated and enamels riza.
12.2 x 10.4 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 16.000
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
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
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: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Silver gilt tray
Saint Petersbourg, assayer Dmitriì Ilbich Tverskoì, 1850
Oval tray, with shaped rim with laurel wreath chiseled and engraved, the border with chiens courant decoration interrupted by two clasps with chiseled and engraved Imperial eagle.
2.780 g
25.6 x 13 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.400
STANISLAO GRIMALDI DEL POGGETTO 1825-1903
Napoleonic cuirassiers charging 1890
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right recto.
27.56 x 22.05 in.
Beautiful and rare canvas by the esteemed Turinese artist, native of Chambéry, who was designer and sculptor to the House of Savoy during the reigns of Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Pair of candlesticks
19th-20th Century
Made with Queen Victoria Guards saber hilts. Given in 1917 to the frigate captain, then minister, Balfour, with dedication engraved on the base.
9.1 x 5.1 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 800