We’re excited to anticipate to you all information about this exceptional items between now and the start of the auction. All the items shown here, all of extremely fine craft, belonged to one of the most famous and important royal families of the 19th century massacred during the Soviet revolution. Provenience: 1996 Autumn Auction of the famous Italian Auctions House “Czerny”.

This gorgeous set is composed of five items: an hand mirror, an hand brush, a big oval box, a cream pot and a perfume bottle. All the items are crystal made with a silver cover with the imperial family monogram engraved beneath the imperial coronet.
The monogram “N II” is interweaved with the letter “A” and engraved with   floral decoration. All the silver covers bears the crowned Russian double-headed eagle, St. Petersburg hallmarks for "84" zolotniki, the work master's mark “N.O.”, in cyrillic alphabet, that stands for “P.O.” (Pavel Ovchinnikov) and the maker mark with his full name in cyrillic alphabet.
Pavel Ovchinnikov, second only to Faberge', was one of the most notorious and appreciated Russian goldsmith and silversmith. His workshop, founded in 1853, had more than 300 workers in 1881.
During the Czarist reign he was the official silversmith for the Czar’s own court and one of the most appreciated by the royal family.

1) The silver handmirror with embossed floral decoration and an engraved shell ribbon, has only a small chip on the left edge.

2) A silver handbrush with the same decorations.

3) An oval big box in pyramidal carved crystal, with a big star embossed on the bottom. Silver cover finely engraved with the same decorations. Gilt on reverse face.

4) A round-shaped cream pot in crystal with a big star embossed on the bottom and a finely engraved silver cover.

5) A crystal perfume bottle with a round-shaped silver cover finely engraved.