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Pair of Russian Imperial-era Paste Earrings, circa 1900
Located in St. Catharines, ON
From the Romanov era, period of Tsar Nicholas II, these lovely earrings are drop shaped and bezel set with a cushion-shaped paste simulating an old diamond, mounted in silver and gol...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Russian Empire Drop Earrings
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Two pairs of cultured pearl gold earrings
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Two beautiful pairs of classic cultured pearl earrings, each pearl of high luster and even white color, the larger pair with pink overtones. The pearls on one pair measure 7.7 mm and...
Category
Early 2000s American Stud Earrings
Materials
Cultured Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Hand-carved Rutile Quartz Perfume Bottle by Abdul Zuber
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A beautiful perfume bottle or flacon, the smoky rutilated quartz tear-drop shaped body entirely hand carved in the classical manner with a spiraling design. Fitted with a rutilated q...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Artisan Vanity Items
Materials
Quartz
Cushion-cut Green Tourmaline Diamond Gold Pendant, 1930s
Located in St. Catharines, ON
This beautiful and timeless 14k yellow gold pendant from the 1930s is bezel set with a luscious cushion-shaped green tourmaline above a prong set bright old-European-cut diamond, fitted with an oval gold suspension ring...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Edwardian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Tourmaline, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Dutch Silver Single Serving Coffee Pot, Amsterdam, 1905
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A fine bachelor's coffee or chocolate pot by the royal Dutch silversmiths A. Bonebakker & Zoon, with maker's mark in full, and lion passant mark 2nd standard indicating 833/1000 stan...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Dutch Empire Coffee and Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Russian Imperial-era Gold Snuff Box by Keibel, St. Petersburg, circa 1820
Located in St. Catharines, ON
This rare Russian gold snuff box was created during the period of Tsar Alexander I (1801-1825) by one of the most prominent Russian imperial goldsmith...
Category
Antique 1820s Russian Russian Empire Boxes and Cases
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Russian Nicholas I silver icon of the Tikvin Mother of God, Moscow, 1837
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A beautiful Pushkin-era silver icon depicting the Tikvin Mother of God, covered with a silver-gilt oklad, with repoussé garments, veil and applied haloes of sunburst design. The Chri...
Category
Antique 1830s Russian Russian Empire Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Russian Brass Imperial-era Double-headed Eagle Bookend, 19th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A perfect addition to your imperial library, the center of this Russian brass bookend features a stylized repoussé Romanov eagle holding orb and scepter, enclosing the shield of St. ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Russian Russian Empire Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare Russian Imperial era Silver Tea caddy Spoon, early 1800s
Located in St. Catharines, ON
St. Petersburg, assaymaster Alexander Yashinov (active 1795 to 1826), stamped with crossed anchor and scepter for St. Petersburg, 84 for the Russian silver standard and Cyrillic init...
Category
Antique Early 1800s Russian Neoclassical Flatware and Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
Modernist Two-color 18k Gold and Diamond Earrings, Italy, 1970s
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Beautiful Modernist pair of earrings of geometric design each featuring a curved open 18k white gold square set on two sides with small diamonds applied to two overlapping curved ope...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Gold Diamond Romanov Eagle Pendant by Marie Betteley
By Marie E. Betteley
Located in St. Catharines, ON
The Romanov double-headed eagle with outspread wings, its claws clutching orb and sceptre, surmounted by an imperial crown and centered by a bright antique-cut diamond, the reverse in smooth polished gold. Chain not included.
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long, including suspension ring; 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) wide.
by Marie Betteley, 2007.
This Romanov eagle...
Category
Early 2000s American Russian Empire Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
French Plique-a-Jour Enameled 18k Gold Pendant, Paris, 20th Century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Recalling the stain glass windows of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, this 18k gold pendant is decorated with plique a jour (transparent) enamel of vibrant colors, separated by gold cl...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Gothic Revival Pendant Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold, Gold, Enamel, Yellow Gold
Pair of Early 20th Century Dutch Silver Souvenir Spoons
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Each with maker’s mark, of traditional form with circular openwork bowls, one with the coat of arms of The Hague (stork flanked by two lions), the other of Amsterdam (3 Xs), the vine...
Category
Vintage 1910s Dutch Revival Flatware and Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
Russian Imperial-era Wooden Box Depicting Troika, Early 20th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
The cover depicting the receding view of a troika pulling a traditional Russian sleigh though a winter landscape, the three charging horses urged along ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Russian Russian Empire Boxes and Cases
Gold Ferris Wheel Pendant with Moveable Parts, 1950s
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Reminiscent of Vienna’s Riesenrad in The Third Man (1949) this two color gold Ferris wheel miniature, from the 1950s, revolves by way of a crank, its chairs swinging as it turns arou...
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Retro Pendant Necklaces
Materials
14k Gold, Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
French 18k Gold Disc Pendant Paris by Marie Betteley
By Marie Betteley
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Charming 19th century polished 18k gold disc from Paris, hallmarked with the French eagle head for 18k gold and the Parisian maker’s mark, mounted as an 18k gold pendant with oval suspension ring...
Category
Antique 1890s French Classical Greek Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Miniature Hatching Chick Easter Pendant by Marie Betteley
By Marie Betteley
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A Russian inspired egg-shaped pendant, of openwork gilded silver or vermeil design depicting a chick emerging from its egg, engraved XB, for Xristos Boskrese, or Christ is Risen in R...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Russian Empire Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Russian Imperial-era Tsar Nicholas I Coin Pendant, 1841
Located in St. Catharines, ON
The rare Russia copper coin from the era of Tsar Nicholas I (r. 1825-55), with the sovereign’s Cyrillic initial N I below a Romanov crown and the date o...
Category
Antique 1840s Russian Russian Empire Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Copper
Russian Imperial-era Two-color Gold Horseshoe Pendant, circa 1900
Located in St. Catharines, ON
From the Romanov era, period of Tsar Nicholas II, a rare Russian 14k gold pendant designed as a horseshoe for good luck, of two-toned gold, the body matte yellow gold, the details polished rose gold, with openwork sides typical of the time.
With Russian stamps...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Russian Russian Empire Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Rhodochrosite Beaded Necklace with Silver Rondelle Pendant, 20th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Distinctive necklace consisting of sixty five natural rhodochrosite beads attached to a filigree silver pendant, with a silver clasp.
20th centur...
Category
1990s American Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Silver
Russian Porcelain Mask Miniature Egg Pendant, Style of Malevich, 21st Century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A unique porcelain egg in the style of Avant Garde Artist, Malevich, the front featuring a rabbit face enhanced with gold, black and red, the reverse with abstract pattern. The egg w...
Category
2010s Russian Modernist Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gilt Metal
French Plique-a-jour Enameled 18k Gold Rose Pendant, Paris
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Recalling French designer Paul Poiret’s "La Rose d'Iribe" of 1913, this 18k gold pendant is decorated with plique-a-jour (transparent) enamel in shades of rose and light blue colors, separated by gold cloisons, a unique pendant designed...
Category
2010s French Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold, Gold, Enamel, Yellow Gold
Small Gold Theatrical Mask Earrings, Tragedy & Comedy
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Pair of Tragedy and Comedy Masks earrings in polished 14k yellow gold, mounted on gold posts.
21st century, or contemporary.
Masks measure ½ x ¼ x ¼ ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Classical Greek Stud Earrings
Materials
14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Edwardian Amethyst and Gold Necklace, circa 1920
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Beautiful amethyst necklace from the 1920s comprising a line of twenty-four faceted, light violet amethyst beads grouped in clusters of three, alternating with oblong gold filigree l...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Edwardian Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Amethyst, 14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
German Silver Bread Bowl, 20th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Circular, with lobed panels resembling sunflower petals when seen from above, waved border, the entire surface of slightly martelé design.
The reverse stamped 800
-9 ½ x 2 1/2 in. ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Silver Bowls
Materials
Silver
Small 19th Century 18k Gold Tragedy and Comedy Cufflinks
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A pair of theatrical mask cufflinks in 18k yellow gold attached by small link chains to shaped bar links of foliate design.
Late 19th century.
Masks-1/2 in. (1/3 cm.) long; bar li...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Cufflinks
Materials
18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Small Russian Inlaid Gold Easter Egg Pendant, circa 1890
Located in St. Catharines, ON
From the Romanov era, this rare Russian miniature egg of unusual tree-color design is inlaid with white agate, red purpurine and opaque green gla...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Russian Russian Empire Drop Necklaces
Materials
Agate, 14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Small 1950s Portuguese Black Onyx 18k Gold Cufflinks
Located in St. Catharines, ON
The carved black onyx rectangular links with canted corners in 18k yellow gold, with handmade gold link chains attached to tapered gold bar links.
Hallmark for Porto or Lisbon, m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Cufflinks
Materials
Onyx, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Rose Diamond 9k Gold Cluster Pendant, 20th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A beautiful diamond encrusted pendant recalling Ancient Muscovy densely set with co-centric bands of rose diamonds, mounted in silver and 9k rose gold, t...
Category
20th Century Unknown Russian Revival Drop Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 9k Gold, Silver, Rose Gold
Russian Civil War Commemorative Porcelain Cup and Saucer
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Painted between 1935 and 1946 by the Dimitrov Factory near Moscow, the rare porcelain cup and saucer commemorates the Russian Civil War of 1918-21. Of high quality with crisp detail and vivid color, the front of cup depicts a detailed scene of Red Army Cavalry on patrol while the saucer features exploding artillery shells on a burgundy background enhanced with gilt scrolls.
cup 2 1/8 in. ( 5.4 cm) high; 3 1/4 in. ( 8.2 cm) diam.
By Sergei Efremovich Sazonov (1870-1944), Dmitrovsk Porcelain Manufactory. Stamped with factory mark on base of cup and saucer in Russian: Dimitrovskaia for the factory, RSFSR for Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Verbilki town outside Moscow and NKMP:-Peoples Commissariat for Local Industry. Few examples of this service, which was produced in the former Gardner Factory, appear on the market.
Literature: For a plate by the Dmitrov Factory see Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, Revolutionary Ceramics: Soviet Porcelain...
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Boxes and Cases
19th Century American Silver Love Letter Box by Meriden-Brittania
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A beautiful rectangular love letter box made of heavy gauge silver and inset with a key hole, the cover decorated with a circular raised foliate motif ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Boxes and Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
French Commemorative Medal, Early 20th Century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A silvered bronze medal from France, the front featuring Marianne as symbol of the French republic and female allegory of Liberty, signed, the reverse ...
Category
Vintage 1920s French More Silver, Flatware and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
French Tsar Nicholas I Bisque Porcelain Portrait, 19th Century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Depicting the Russian emperor, Tsar Nicholas I (r 1825-55) in profile within a 19th century neoclassical style bronze circular frame.
French, 1825-55.
...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Brass
French Pearl Two Color 18k Gold Cufflinks, Paris, 1960s
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Pair of elegant double sided cufflinks in 18k gold from Paris, each concentric 18k white gold discs with button pearl centres bordered by white enamel, the base in 18k yellow gold, f...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Modern Cufflinks
Materials
Pearl, 18k Gold, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
French Diamond Pave 18k Gold Dome Ring, Paris
Located in St. Catharines, ON
An elegant French 18k gold dome ring, of tapered ribbed design, the center pavé set with diamonds 28 bright white diamonds
Paris, 20th century, h...
Category
20th Century French Modern Dome Rings
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Russian Silver Nicholas I Salt Spoon, Moscow, 1833
Located in St. Catharines, ON
From the Romanov era, period of Tsar Nicholas I, in the form of a shovel with gilded bowl (worn)
Moscow 1833, assaymaster Nikolai Dubrovin, with maker’s m...
Category
Antique 1830s Russian Russian Empire Flatware and Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
Ruby Drop High-karat Gold Fringe Designer Necklace
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Hand made in the Etruscan style, designed as twenty eight ruby drops of rich deep raspberry colour, with a larger ruby drop in the center, enhanced by high karat gold link beads and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Etruscan Revival Drop Necklaces
Materials
Ruby, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage French Oval Link Necklace, 1950s
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Chic Parisian chain recalling the French "en pomponne" gilding process which dates back to the 18th century, designed as a line openwork egg shaped links alternating with smaller ova...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Empire Chain Necklaces
Materials
Vermeil
20th Century French Diamond 18k Gold Hoop Earrings, Paris
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Beautiful Parisian 18k gold and diamond hoops, the fronts pavé set with diamonds, mounted on gold posts.
France, 20th century, hallmarked ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
French Diamond 18k Gold Bracelet, 19th Century, Paris
Located in St. Catharines, ON
This beautiful French diamond bracelet from the era of Napoleon III is designed as a line of openwork scrolls and flower heads, bead set with just under 100 ...
Category
Antique 1860s French Victorian Link Bracelets
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver, Gold, Yellow Gold
Set of Six Enamel Silver Teaspoons, 20th Century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A beautiful set of teaspoons In the Russian style, the exterior of each fig-shaped bowl with shaded enameled scrolling flowers on stippled gilt ground, with gilt interior, the twiste...
Category
20th Century Russian Russian Empire Flatware and Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver, Enamel
1880s Russian Gold Micro-Mosaic Pin/Pendant by Blumenthaller, St. Petersburg
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Rare Russian pin/pendant from the Romanov era, period of Tsar Alexander III, this Italian micro-mosaic was mounted as a Russian gold brooch by the St. Pete...
Category
Antique 1880s Russian Russian Empire Brooches
Materials
14k Gold, Gold
Russian Silver Pencil Holder, Moscow, circa 1910
Located in St. Catharines, ON
From the Romanov era period of Tsar Nicholas II, this Russian revolution survivor from Moscow is designed as a smooth silver pencil holder engrave...
Category
Vintage 1910s Russian Russian Empire Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Timofey Katurkin Russian Watercolor of Laughing Woman
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Laughing Peasant Woman
Signed in Cyrillic T. Il’ich, l.r. and inscribed To Dear A. F.Sklarevski...
Watercolor
Image size: 7 x 6 in. (17.8 x 15.2 cm.)
Framed: 18 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. (47 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Russian Empire More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Five Strand Pearl Diamond 18k Gold Bracelet, 20th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Beautiful five-strand pearl bracelet recalling the Belle Epoque, the lustrous pearls enhanced with five openwork 18k gold spacers in the shape of bows each set with 30 diamonds and c...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Beaded Bracelets
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Designer Pearl 18k Gold Brooch by Maurice Brault, 1970s
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Of curved linear design, in 18k gold accented with light blue Murano glass and cultured pearls.
20th century, signed.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) long.
Maurice Brault (1930-2018) was a Montr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Contemporary Brooches
Materials
Pearl, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Russian Imperial-Era Fabergé Silver Dinner Knife and Fork, Moscow, Circa 1900
By Peter Carl Fabergé
Located in St. Catharines, ON
From the Romanov era, period of Czar Nicholas II, a silver knife and fork pair in the Rococo taste by Russia’s most famous silversmith, Carl Fabergé, ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Russian Rococo Dinnerware and Flatware Sets
Materials
Silver
Russian Miniature Brass Samovar Set, 20th Century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Of typical form in the Russian imperial style, a classic samovar set tooled in brass comprising a miniature brass samovar, drip bowl and tray. The samovar ...
Category
20th Century Russian Russian Empire Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Russian Imperial-era Silver Empress Maria Pendant Medallion, circa 1890
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Beautiful solid silver medallion mounted as a pendant from the Romanov era, period of Alexander III, on one side is a portrait bust of Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), wife of the Russian Tsar...
Category
Antique 1890s Russian Russian Empire Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Silver
Vintage White Gold Pearl Diamond Pendant, Circa 1970
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Beautiful cultured pearl and diamond pendant enhanced with scrolls on the top and bottom mounted in 14k white gold. The front is set with a lustrous pearl measuring approximately 6.4...
Category
Vintage 1970s North American Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, 14k Gold, White Gold
1890s English Victorian Bull’s Eye Agate Diamond Ring
Located in St. Catharines, ON
This 14k yellow gold ring is set with an oval late Victorian bull's eye banded agate centered by a rose-cut diamond on a gold star motif, within a twisted ropework border.
Oval beze...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Dome Rings
Materials
Agate, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Silver Miniature Rococo Pedestal Table, German, circa 1900
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Charming miniature silver Rococo style pedestal table made at the turn of the last century for a doll house. In the Romantic taste, the shaped circular tabletop of repoussé silver recalling paintings by the French 17th century artist Watteau features a standing lady in a landscape gazing upon a seated figure who is turned away, framed by a scrolling border. The pedestal stand of scrolling and foliate capped design. This table was probably made for a dollhouse. Collecting miniature...
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Rococo Models and Miniatures
Materials
Silver
Small Dutch Silver Octagonal Bowl, 1918
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Charming miniature Dutch octagonal bowl possibly patterned on a sugar bowl first introduced in the Netherlands in the 18th century, on an octagonal pede...
Category
Vintage 1910s Dutch Silver Bowls
Materials
Silver
Dutch Silver Miniatures for a Doll's House, H. Hooykass, Schoonhoven, 1970s
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Dutch Silver Miniatures for a Doll's House, H. Hooykass, Schoonhoven, 1970s
Two beautiful Dutch silver miniatures comprising a milkchurn on three bun feet and a bulbous teapot, eac...
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Coffee and Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
English 18k Gold Chirping Chick Brooch, Garrard & Company, 1970s
By E. Wolfe & Company
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Delightful chirping chick in 18k gold with outstretched wings perched on a branch, the gold is beautifully textured to show its feathers and claws with a cabochon ruby as the eye, fitted with a double hinged clip and sliding sleeve, with London marks, retailed by famous British crown jewelers, Garrard and...
Category
Vintage 1970s British Brooches
Materials
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1810s French Napoleonic Era 18k Gold Leaf on Glass Pendant, Paris
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Of etched gold leaf on glass (fr. verre églomisé) depicting the figure of Eros holding a torch in a wooded landscape, the frame attached to three small gold chains joined by a centra...
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Neoclassical Pendant Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold, 24k Gold, Gold
Russian Silver Imperial-era Picnic Set by Grachev of St. Petersburg, circa 1900
By Grachev Brothers
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A rare Russian silver traveling necessaire from the Romanov era, period of Tsar Nicholas II, comprising a silver luncheon fork and knife with steel blade, soup spoon and beaker, the ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Russian Russian Empire Dinnerware and Flatware Sets
Materials
Silver
Russian Nephrite 18k Gold Egg Cufflinks by Marie Betteley
By Marie E. Betteley
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A pair of hand-carved egg-shaped nephrite cufflinks based on a Russian design from 1880 by the Fabergé workmaster, Erik Kollin. The well-matched nep...
Category
2010s American Russian Empire Cufflinks
Materials
Jade, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Russian Carnelian 18k Gold Egg Cufflinks by Marie Betteley
By Marie E. Betteley
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A fine pair of hand-carved egg-shaped carnelian cufflinks based on a Russian design from 1880 by the Fabergé workmaster, Erik Kollin. The well-matched orange carnelian links recall the highest quality Russian indigenous stone used in Fabergé animal carvings. Each egg is attached to a carnelian bar link by a small handmade 18k gold chain.
Designed by Marie Betteley, 1997
Length of egg link is approximately .5 in. (1.3 cm.); chain, .75 in. (1.9 cm.)
For a similar pair given by Empress Alexandra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Russian Empire Cufflinks
Materials
Carnelian, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Russian Imperial-era Silver Alexander III Salt Throne, Sazikov, circa 1880
By Pavel Sazikov
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Of typical Old Russian design this rare and distinctive silver salt cellar in the shape of a throne is from the Romanov era, period of Tsar Alexander III. The surface simulates wooden bark, the hinged lid and pierced back decorated with star, heart and zigzag motifs recalling Pan Slavic designs, the base of trompe l’oeil texture, a technique which made Sazikov famous.
2 ¾ x 2 ¾ in. (7 x 7 cm.) height and top of chair back.
Supplier to the Imperial court and founded during the reign of Catherine the Great in the center of Moscow, Sazikov was one of the earliest silver firms in Russia. In the 1820s Sazikov introduced historicism in Russian silver by producing objects with historical motifs or imitating ancient styles. Decades before Fabergé, the firm excelled in the Style Russe...
Category
Antique 1880s Russian Russian Revival Silver Bowls
Materials
Silver
