BY KEIBEL, ST. PETERSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE MICROMOSAIC POSSIBLY FROM THE RAFFAELLI WORKSHOP, ROME

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A RUSSIAN GOLD AND MICROMOSAIC BONBONNIÈRE
BY KEIBEL, ST. PETERSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE MICROMOSAIC POSSIBLY FROM THE RAFFAELLI WORKSHOP, ROME
Circular, the gold body with engine turned reeded sides, the detachable cover with a micromosaic depicting two swans on a lake, within a gold fan leaf border, the base with alternating engine turned vertical bands and a fan leaf border, marked inside cover and base with 'Keibel'
2 7⁄8 in. (7.2 cm.) diameter

Provenance

With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 1950s.

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Lot Essay

Johann Wilhelm Keibel (1788-1862) was the son and apprentice of the famous goldsmith Otto Samuel Keibel, and was considered one of the best jewellers of the Imperial Court. After his father's death in 1809, he adopted the same mark and became master in 1812.

Keibel was one of the most important workshops producing gold boxes in Russia in the first half of the 19th century. It was Johann Wilhelm Keibel who in 1826 made the small Imperial crown for the coronation of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and in 1855 he made the funeral crown of Nicholas I. After the death of Johann Wilhelm Keibel in 1862, the firm specialized in the production of insignia until 1917.

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