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Lot 47 - Nikita Yourevich Prince TROUBETZKOY (1700-1767) [Editor]. Jacob von STÄEHLIN (1709-1785) [Editor of the German edition] Krönungs-Geschichte oder Umständliche Beschreibung des solennen Einzugs und der hohen Salbung und Krönung Ihro Kayserl. Majest. Der Allerdurchlauchtigsten, Grossmächtigsten Fürstin und Grossen Frauen Elisabeth Petrowna Kayserin und Selbstherrscherin aller Reussen... ("Coronation Narrative or Detailed Description of the Solemn Entry and High Coronation of Her Imperial Majesty Serene Highness, Most Powerful Princess and Great Lady Elisabeth Petrovna Empress and Autocrat of All Russia..."). [The German title is slightly different from the Russian title]. The frontispiece, a portrait of Elisaveta Petrovna, is a mezzo-tinto engraving by Johann STENGLIN (1715-1770) after a work by Louis CARAVAQUE (1684-1754). The copper engravings are signed by Ivan Alexeevitch SOKOLOV (1717-1757), Grigory Anikievitch KATCHALOV (1711-1759), Christian Albert WORTMANN (1680-1760). These engravings were based on drawings by painter and draughtsman Johann Elias GRIMMEL (1703-1759), architect Johann Jacob SCHUMACHER (1701-1767) and other artists. Saint Petersburg: Imprimerie de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1745. One frontispiece, 76 numbered pp. 49 leaves of illustrations and plans. Tan leather binding with the monogram of Elizabeth I on the first board and the imperial eagle on the fourth board. The boards are framed by a frieze of flowers and shamrocks alternating with spandrels bearing Elizabeth's monogram and the imperial eagle. The spine bears between the nerves: the crown, an abbreviated title, two crossed scepters, the globe, the double-headed eagle and again the sequence of imperial symbols. All binding decorations are gilded. A handwritten oukaz with Elisabeth's autograph signature is inserted between two endpapers at the beginning of the volume. A few stains and minor damage to the binding. 1The oukaz is numbered 18. Указъ нашей лейбъ Гварди вполки Всемилостивѣйше пожаловали мы нашей лейбъ Гварди полковъ оберъ и унтеръ афицеровъ капраловъ ирядовыхъ которые были пристроени нашего двора извысочаишей нашей Iмператорской млсти перемѣною чиновъ какъ влейбъ Гварди такъ iвармѣиския полки ; акто какими чинами пожалованы присемъ приложенъ имяннои списокъ , iнашей лейбъ Гварди вполкахъ учинить посему нашему Указу ; вмосквѣ в "9го" маия 1754 года Oukaz to the regiments of our Guard We have most graciously granted to the junior officers, non-commissioned officers, corporals and enlisted men of our Guard present during the construction of our palace by our most high imperial favor a change of rank both in the regiments of the Guard and the army;; and to whom which rank is granted is in the enclosed nominative list [Nominative list is absent.], and that it be done according to our oukaz in the regiments of our Guard. In Moscow May 9th 1754 This could be the construction of the Grand Palace at Peterhof. FULL DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE IN PDF CATALOG

Estim. 35 000 - 40 000 EUR

Lot 53 - Travel cutlery (kit). Ottoman Greece, 1719 Two-tined iron fork with undulating gold fillets, between which is a gilded brass decorative element mounted on a stem. The outer edge of the two prongs is inlaid with gold fillet. The ferrule was probably replaced at a later date. Knife with an iron or mild steel blade, bearing the gold Christogram "IC XC / NIKA" on one side and a cross on the other, and a gold fillet on the back. The handles are six-sided in silver with traces of gilding. Silver case entirely decorated with niello scrolls with four irregular sides (the main one with two facets) on a wooden core with a silver and vermeil cap and a hinged side ring. Three sides bear two cartouches engraved with plant motifs on a gilded amati ground, five of which are bordered by a niello frieze. The fourth features in the upper cartouche a reserve between two engraved flowers on an amati background with a four-line niello inscription in Greek "ΘΟΔΟ / ΡΙCΒΑ / ΡΙΒΟΖ / H" (?) followed by a date (1719?). Seven types of engraved motifs are listed: a large hexagonal motif on the main panel, a small diamond-shaped motif on a secondary panel, a terminal motif on the main panel, three distinct types of flowers on all panels and a two-leaf plant on the main panel. Silver, iron, gold, brass, niello. Length: 20 cm (case), 17.8 cm (knife) and 17.5 cm (fork); Total gross weight: 154 g Several examples of these Ottoman kits for Greeks have been recorded, mostly dating from the first half of the 18th century. However, this cutlery was already present in the 17th century, with a hexagonal cap on the knife and fork handles, later replaced by a bichaq handle with a bird's head. A case with an identical cap and bouterolle, decorated with the same sequence of engraved motifs (at least on the main face), is in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum (N° 1388toB-1888). A similar flatware set is in the British Museum (Museum number 1927,0110.1), and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (N° 93.13.85-.87 ). In Robert Elgood's book "The arms of Greece and heer Balkans neighbours in the Ottoman period", we find a set with very similar cutlery (p. 49) and a knife case of the same type (p. 50). We would like to thank Mr. Apostolos Gkouzis for his help, particularly in reading the date.

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 54 - Armed magnet stone. Nizhny Tagil, Ural Mountains. Late 18th century. Magnetite (Fe3O4) paving stone, mounted with mild steel armor forming the two poles, in a gilded copper oval-section cage with openwork decoration. Marking under the cage on two lines: КАМЕ[НЪ] ВЕ[СОМЪ] 5 ФУ[НТА] / ПОДНИ[МАЕТЪ] ВЕ[СЪ] 20 ФУ[НТА] ("Stone weighing 5 pounds lifts a weight of 20 pounds"). The stone weighing 2048 g is therefore capable of lifting a weight of 8190 g, i.e. 4 times its own weight. It is presented with a large iron anchor (probably later). Height with ring: 19 cm; 13.5 x 9 cm; total weight with armor and cage: 4200 g "Natural magnets are almost always fitted with two armatures (also called armor) made of soft iron, fixed on either side of their constituent mass, and held together by brass or bronze (non-magnetic) rings. The lower part of these armatures terminates in two heels, which constitute the poles of opposite names, north and south. A piece of soft iron known as the "contact", or "support", rests on the two heels, and is influenced by the two armatures. The assembly reacts to the particle currents of the natural magnet, directing them more strongly and increasing the magnetic power. Without an armature, natural magnets are very weak. Once armored, they become capable of carrying progressively increasing weights, up to a certain limit". (École Polytechnique website). Akinfy Nikititch Demidov is said to have started collecting magnet stones with this specimen. His contemporaries are said to have seen a 14-pound (approx. 5.7 kg) magnet stone at his home, lifting a poud barrel (16.38 kg), i.e. with a ratio of 2.87. The inventory of A. Demidov's estate at the time of his death included 74 magnets of various sizes. The largest is the famous Nizhny Tagil Stufe: it has been supporting a weight of around 50 kg for almost 300 years. The Nizhny Tagil Museum holds three examples. The State Historical Museum (ГИМ) has a collection of at least 18 featured in the 2004 catalog "Мелный век России" (The Copper Century in Russia). No. 320 is very close to the example shown, dated to the second half of the 18th century, without further precision, but its oval shape, is characterized as unusual. All the other examples shown are straight or cut-angle pavers.

Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Lot 97 - Embroidered icon of the Resurrection of Christ, in a repoussé vermeil box. Greece, 1820-1830. Icon woven and embroidered with gold thread, silver thread and small river pearls. The repoussé silver case features a hinged rectangular flap decorated with a double-headed eagle holding in its talons a cross and an Orthodox episcopal crosier beneath an imperial crown, the symbol of the patriarchs of Constantinople. On either side of the eagle, an inscription: Κ[Ύ]Ρ[Ι] * ΛΛΟΣ / Ε[ΛΈΩ] * Θ[ΕΟΎ] / ΑΡ * ΧΙΕ[ΠΊΣΚΟΠΟΣ] / ΚΩΝΣΤ[ΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ] * ΠΌΛΕ[ΩΣ] / ΝΈΑΣ Ρ[Ώ] * Μ[ΗΣ] Κ[ΑΙ] ΟΙΚΟΥ[ΜΕΝΙΚΌΣ] / Π[ΑΤ]Ρ[Ι]Ά* ΡΧΗΣ (Κύριλλος ελέω θεού αρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας Ρώμης και οικουμενικός πατριάρχης), (Cyril by the mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople the New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch) which corresponds to the full titulature of the Patriarch of Constantinople. To the left of the crown, two depictions of cities, with their symmetrical counterparts to the right, all surmounted by a trophy of arms. The frame of this flap is decorated with horns of plenty, foliage and flowers. The opening reveals the inner icon. The upper part of the case is in the form of a pediment decorated with flowers supporting an imperial crown. The back of the case is equipped with a hinged foot. 27.5 x 21 cm Slightly missing. In a red morocco case framed with gilded iron scrolls. Patriarch Cyril VI (Konstantin Serpedzoglou 1769-1821) was Patriarch of Constantinople from 1813 to 1818. Born in Andrinople, of which he was metropolitan, he was executed there by the Turks in repression of the Greek revolt. The city represented with the double wall is undoubtedly Constantinople, renowned for its multiple ramparts, and the other city could be Andrinople. The trophy of arms is probably an allusion to the armed Greek revolt of 1821. The Resurrection is a symbol of the resurrection of the Greek people, as well as that promised to the unfortunate patriarch (canonized in 1993).

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR