WITH SCRATCHED INSCRIPTION IN RUSSIAN 'PANAGIA AND CHAIN THE WORK OF THE MOSCOW JEWELLER I.D. CHICHELEV 1873 OCTOBER 30'

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A gemset gold and enamel Panagia and Chain
with scratched inscription in Russian 'Panagia and chain the work of the Moscow jeweller I.D. Chichelev 1873 October 30'
The large oval foiled citrine pendant carved in relief with the Ascension, with three further foiled oval citrine pendants, the whole in gold mounts enamelled in opaque white, blue and black with strapwork and geometric motifs and incorporating the Russian prayer 'Lord Thou art the Resurrection and the Life and grant repose to Thy departed servant Countess Natalia Pavlovna Strogonov 7 October 1872' around the pendants, with pearl-set borders and pendants, the reverse of the large citrine engraved in Russian 'The prayer of Count Grigorii Sergeevich Strogonov for his Mother', with hinged suspension ring, the chain of pierced strapwork links with rosette catches similarly enamelled, scratched mark on suspension loop
the pendant 7in. (17.8cm.) high

拍品專文

The maker of this piece was Ivan Dmitrievich Chichelev (1815-1888), the owner of a workshop producing various jewelled objects and orders, which he founded in 1867, and employed twelve artisans, producing works worth 30,000 roubles per annum. According to M. M. Postnikova-Loseva et al, L'orfèvrerie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss. (Moscow, 1983) p.126 'A significant role in the development of applied arts belongs to the oldest educational institution, the Stroganov artistic-manufacturing college. At the Petersburg Exhibition of 1870 two head-dresses of precious stones made by the Moscow jewellery workshop of Chichelev, executed from drawings by students of the Stroganov College Rastorguev, Kozlov and Dobrokhotov, were especially distinguished.'

The Stroganov family had immense wealth and founded the college that bore their name in 1825 and from 1843 it became a state institution.

Countess Natalia Pavlovna Strogonova (7th May 1796 - 7 October 1872) was the daughter of Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov, a general and aide-de-camp to Alexander I, and his wife Princess Sofia Vladimirovna Golitsyna. She married her cousin, Baron Sergei Grigor'evich Stroganov, also aide-de-camp and later a senator, who inherited his wife's title upon their marriage. They had six children, the second youngest being Grigorii (1829-1910), who commissioned this piece.