A Jewelled and Enamelled Silver Snuff-Box

MARKED BOLIN, MOSCOW, 1899-1908

A Jewelled and Enamelled Silver Snuff-Box
Marked Bolin, Moscow, 1899-1908
Arrow shaped, the hinged cover applied with silver fanned branches with diamond-set stems and translucent green enamelled leaves on opaque sky blue en plein enamelled ground, marked inside cover and base
3½ in. (9 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

For a similar example of Bolin's use of diamond-set naturalistic leaf forms and en plein enamelling on a powder-box, marked Bolin, Moscow, 1899-1908 and held in the collection of the Russian National Museum, Moscow, see C. Bolin and P. Bulatov, Bolin in Russia. Court Jeweller, Moscow, 2001, p. 233, No. 227.

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