Lot 262 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION

A RARE SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CASKET

MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1881

Closed5 June 2017

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A RARE SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CASKET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1881
Rectangular with cut corners, champlevé enamelled overall with varicolour birds on foliate branches, within white enamel geometric borders, the detachable cover similarly decorated, on four figural enamelled feet shaped as peacocks, marked under base and cover
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) wide

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner.

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A comparable enamel casket by Ovchinnikov was sold Sotheby's, New York, 20-21 June 1984, lot 194.

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A RARE SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CASKET

MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1881

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A RARE SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CASKET

MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1881

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