Lot 224
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A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
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A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL PHOTOGRAPH FRAME

MARKED BOLIN, MOSCOW, 1899-1908

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A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
MARKED BOLIN, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
Rectangular, repoussé and chased in Art Nouveau style with a nymph among cat-tails inlaid with pearls and diamonds, on blue, purple and red grounds with a lake in the distance, enclosing a shaped aperture, with wood backing and later strut, marked on lower edge, back plate, and within the enamel
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

A comparable frame is preserved in the Moscow Kremlin State Armory Museum. See T. Muntian, Mir Faberzhe, Moscow, 1992, p. 151, no. 158, and C. Bolin and P. Bulatov, Bolin v Rossii. Pridvornyi Yuvelir konca XIX - nachala XX vekov, Moscow, 2001, p. 210, no. 199.

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