BY ANDREAS DAHLBERG (FL. 1786-1818), MARKED, WITH THE ST PETERSBURG TOWN MARK AND DATE 1799, ASSAY MASTER ALESKANDER ILYITCH YASHINOV, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS 1864-1893

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A RUSSIAN SPLIT-PEARL SET AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
by Andreas Dahlberg (fl. 1786-1818), marked, with the St Petersburg town mark and date 1799, assay master Aleskander Ilyitch Yashinov, later struck with two French import marks 1864-1893
Octagonal box, the cover enamelled in translucent blue on an engine-turned ground and applied with a rectangular miniature under glass flanked by six gold rosettes, the miniature painted with two children in a landscape playing with a dog, within a white enamel band and split-pearl set outer border, the four sides and rectangular base panel enamelled with blue en taille d'épargne with a diaperwork enclosing quatrefoils, the base panel framed by partially white enamelled frosted gold borders, the corners enamelled in blue with columns hung with white festoons
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide

注意事項

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拍品專文

A native Swede, Andreas Dahlberg arrived as an apprentice from Stockholm in St Petersburg in 1781. He struck his mark in 1786 and specialised in 'Galanterie' and engraving. He married twice and died in 1818 at the age of 62. For more information, see L. Bäcksbacka, St Petersburgs Juvelare, Guld-och Silversmeder 1714-1870, Helsinki, 1951, p. 321, and also A. von Solodkoff, Russische Goldschmiedekunst 17.-19. Jahrhundert, Fribourg, n. d., p. 215, where Dahlberg is mentioned as a master for snuff-boxes. For another box by him, see lot 228.