A RUSSIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY AUGUST WILHELM HOLMSTROM (FL. 1857-1903), WITH THE ST PETERSBURG TOWN MARK, 1852, AND THE 72-ZOLOTNIKI MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD

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A RUSSIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY AUGUST WILHELM HOLMSTROM (FL. 1857-1903), WITH THE ST PETERSBURG TOWN MARK, 1852, AND THE 72-ZOLOTNIKI MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD
cartouche-shaped box with baluster sides, the cover, sides and base enamelled en taille d'épargne in blue with scrolling foliage and flowers, the cover rim chased with rocaille ornament, slightly raised thumbpiece
3¾ in. (86 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The maker's mark corresponds to August Wilhelm Holmström. According to L. Bäcksbacka, St. Petersburgs Juvelerare, Guld-Och Silversmeder, 1714-1870, Helsinki, 1951, p. 237, August Wilhelm Holmström was born in Helsinki in 1829. He was apprenticed to Herold in St Petersburg and became a journeyman in 1850 and a master in 1857. He was a goldworker and jeweller when he bought the workshop of Frederick Hammarström. He worked for Fabergé and was for some time workmaster in that firm. He died in 1903.

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