Wednesday 25 September 2024
A Russian enamelled silver box. Maria Semyonova. Moscow, 1899-1908. Of rectangular form, the...
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Description
A Russian enamelled silver box.
Maria Semyonova.
Moscow, 1899-1908.
Of rectangular form, the hinged lid decorated with pansies painted en plein enamel on a blue ground and framed by a white cloisonné enamel border, the sides cloisonné enamelled with polychrome foliate scrolls, 4.8 x 8.4 x 2.4cm, approx. weight 4.2ozt
Provenance: Property of the Late Jane Sinclair Morpeth.
Lot Footnotes
cf: For a similar example by Maria Semyonova see: Christies, Lot 78, Christie's Interiors, 4 June 2013, https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5688295
ccf: A further similar example by Maria Semyonova was sold at Sothebys, Lot 106, Faberge, Gold Boxes, Vertu & Imperial Works of Art, 28 November 2023, https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/faberge-vertu-gold-boxes-vertu-imperial-works-of-art/a-silver-gilt-cloisonne-and-pictorial-enamel
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