Lot number 156 - Auction 156
SEHR FEINE UND GROSSE CLOISONNÉ-EMAIL-DOSE ZUM 25-JÄHRIGEN JUBILÄUM

A VERY FINE AND LARGE SIVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BOX COMMEMORATING A 25TH ANNIVERSARY Russian, Moscow, Pavel Ovchinnikov, 1882 The oviform box formed of panels of elaborately cast and chased scrolled openwork panels interspersed with bands decorated with geometric and floral designs in colourful champlevé and cloisonné enamels, a fan motif in pale lavender and dark green enamel decorated with gilt stars partially encloses the top and bottom, the lid crowned with the figure of a seated putto holding a floral wreath enclosing the gold Roman numerals 'XXV', all of this being set on four chicken legs atop balls decorated with champlevé enamels. Marked with city hallmark, 88 standard, assayer's mark and master's mark 'P OVCHINNIKOV' in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant. Enamel minimally chipped. 25.5 cm high, 1532 gr.