A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CASKET
Lot 221

A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CASKET

MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1878

Closed7 June 2021

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GBP 22,500

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A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CASKET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1878
Rectangular, cloisonné enamelled overall with varicolour scrolling foliage on gilt stippled ground, all within wirework borders, the hinged cover with sloped sides, on four stepped feet, with the original key and lock enamelled with a bird, marked under base and cover, also with a French import mark
7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) wide

Specialist note

For a comparable casket by Ovchinnikov from the collection of the All-Russian Decorative Art Museum in Moscow, see Exhibition catalogue, The Fabulous Epoch of Fabergé, St Petersburg, p. 175, no. 214.