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Lot 304 - NIKOLAI LIEBERICH (1828-1883) - NIKOLAI LIEBERICH (1828-1883) CAST BY C.F. WOERFFEL Hare hunt bronze inscribed ‘Ea Br C F Woerffel / St Petesburg’ H. 25, W. 32 cm Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them over to the Imperial Crown. He then returned to Berlin, contracted Spanish flu, and died very quickly and suddenly at the age of 46. His widow was the well-known actress Eugenie Legrenzi, born in Bohemia of Italian descent, and ten years younger than her husband. After her husband’s death she left St. Petersburg with their two young children, first for the fashionable spa town of Bad Ischl in Austria, where Rothstein had built a holiday villa (the Villa Rothstein, which still stands to this day) and eventually to Graz where s

Estim. 8 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 305 - NIKOLAI LIEBERICH (1828-1883) - NIKOLAI LIEBERICH (1828-1883) CAST BY C.F. WOERFFEL Fox hunt bronze inscribed ‘Lieberich’ H. 28.5 cm, W. 32 cm Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them over to the Imperial Crown. He then returned to Berlin, contracted Spanish flu, and died very quickly and suddenly at the age of 46. His widow was the well-known actress Eugenie Legrenzi, born in Bohemia of Italian descent, and ten years younger than her husband. After her husband’s death she left St. Petersburg with their two young children, first for the fashionable spa town of Bad Ischl in Austria, where Rothstein had built a holiday villa (the Villa Rothstein, which still stands to this day) and eventually to Graz where she had family. Of th

Estim. 8 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 306 - NIKOLAI LIEBERICH (1828-1883) - NIKOLAI LIEBERICH (1828-1883) Bear bronze L. 16.5 cm, H. 6.3 cm Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them over to the Imperial Crown. He then returned to Berlin, contracted Spanish flu, and died very quickly and suddenly at the age of 46. His widow was the well-known actress Eugenie Legrenzi, born in Bohemia of Italian descent, and ten years younger than her husband. After her husband’s death she left St. Petersburg with their two young children, first for the fashionable spa town of Bad Ischl in Austria, where Rothstein had built a holiday villa (the Villa Rothstein, which still stands to this day) and eventually to Graz where she had family. Of the two children, one was also carried away by Spanis

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 329 - EXCEPTIONALLY FINE BELLE EPOQUE BLUE GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND 14K GOLD PHOTOGRAPH FRAME - EXCEPTIONALLY FINE BELLE EPOQUE BLUE GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND 14K GOLD PHOTOGRAPH FRAME The House of Fabergé, Supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty, Workmaster Michael Perchin, Russia, end of XIX century. Rectangular, blue guilloché enamel and gold fleur-de-lys frame, gold border with applied rosettes at four corners, the top surmounted by a gold ribbon with cabochon moonstone centre, with the ivory back, the golden frame stand initialed with Alexander III. Signed in Cyrillic Fabergé and with workmaster’s initials in Cyrillic ‘MP’ (Michael Evlampievich Perchin), Russian assay mark 56 for 14k gold scratched inventory number 57821. 11 x 8.5 cm Provenane: Christie’s Geneva, Magnificent Jewels, 16 May 2007, lot 215 (described in Christie’s catalogue ‚The Property of a Lady’) Important Collection, Europe Mikhail Evdampievich Perkhin (1860-1903) was an outstanding master jeweler. From 1886, he was the chief artist of the Karl Fabergé company and later the owner of his own workshop in St. Petersburg. Mikhail Perkhin was born in 1860 in the village of Akulovskaya, Shuya district, near Petrozavodsk. On January 24, 1884, he was registered with the St. Petersburg Craft Council as an apprentice jeweler (likely training in the workshop of Erik Kollin, the chief jeweler of the Fabergé company). In the 1880s, he began working for Karl Fabergé, and in 1885 he became the chief master of the firm. From 1895, he was a second-guild merchant and an honorary citizen of St. Petersburg. Perkhin's workshop produced impeccably crafted, excellent enamel items. The most characteristic technique for the Fabergé firm was enamel over guilloché (mechanical engraving on metal).

Estim. 35 000 - 50 000 EUR

Lot 331 - GRACHEV SET OF TWELVE SILVER GILT SALT CELLARS AND SILVER SPOONS - GRACHEV SET OF TWELVE SILVER GILT SALT CELLARS AND SILVER SPOONS Grachev Brothers, Supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty, Saint Petersburg, 1899-1908 silver Marks: firm’s mark in Cyrillic ‘Br Grachevy’ (on the underside of the salt cellars), 84 silver standard with head in kokoshnik turning left, Cyrillic initials ‘BgR’ (on the spoons) Spoons : 7cm, 5.8 gr. (each Salt cellars : 3 x 4.3 cm, 36.8 gr (each) gross weight: approximately 511 gr. Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them over to the Imperial Crown. He then returned to Berlin, contracted Spanish flu, and died very quickly and suddenly at the age of 46. His widow was the well-known actress Eugenie Legrenzi, born in Bohemia of

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 332 - GRACHEV SILVER GILT CANDY BOWL - GRACHEV SILVER GILT CANDY BOWL Grachev Brothers, Supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty, Saint Petersburg, 1894 Marks: ‘84’ silver standard, with the coat of arms with the coat of arms of Saint Petersburg (two anchors and a scepter) and the initials of the assay master in Cyrillic ‘A.SH’ above the date ‘1894,’ and the firm's mark in Cyrillic ‘GRACHEV’ beneath a double-headed eagle H.5 cm, D.8cm gross. weight: 138 gr. Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe Provenance : Collection d'Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), banquier russe et bras droit de Sergei Witte, Ministre des Finances de Nicolas II; Ensuite, par descendance jusqu'au propriétaire présent, collection privée, Europe. The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them o

Estim. 500 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 333 - FABERGÉ PAIR OF CUT GLASS JUGS WITH SILVER MOUNT DECORATED WITH LEAF MOTIFS - FABERGÉ PAIR OF CUT GLASS JUGS WITH SILVER MOUNT DECORATED WITH LEAF MOTIFS The House of Faberge, Supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty, Russia, Moscow, 1880-1890 cut glass, silver Marks: 88 silver standard, the coat of arms of Moscow ‘Saint George’, firm’s mark in Cyrillic ‘K. Fabergé’ beneath a double-headed eagle. H. 22.3 cm (each) Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe Provenance : Collection d'Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), banquier russe et bras droit de Sergei Witte, Ministre des Finances de Nicolas II; Ensuite, par descendance jusqu'au propriétaire présent, collection privée, Europe. The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them over to the Imperial Crown. He then returned to Berlin, contracted Spanish flu, and died

Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Lot 335 - FABERGÉ PAIR OF CUT GLASS WINE DECANTERS MOUNTED IN SILVER VINE BRAIDING AROUND THE BODY WITH STOPPERS - FABERGÉ PAIR OF CUT GLASS WINE DECANTERS MOUNTED IN SILVER VINE BRAIDING AROUND THE BODY WITH STOPPERS The House of Faberge, Supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty, Russia, Moscow, 1880-1890 cut glass, silver Marks: 88 silver standard and the coat of arms of Moscow ‘St George’, firm’s mark in Cyrillic ‘K Faberge’ beneath a double-headed eagle. H. with stoppers 33.4 cm Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe Provenance : Collection d'Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), banquier russe et bras droit de Sergei Witte, Ministre des Finances de Nicolas II; Ensuite, par descendance jusqu'au propriétaire présent, collection privée, Europe. The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them over to the Imperial Crown. He then returned to Berlin,

Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Lot 336 - FABERGÉ SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, 8 pieces - FABERGÉ SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, 8 pieces The House of Fabergé, Supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty, workmaster Stephen Wakeva, Russia, St Petersburg, 1880-1890 silver, silver gilt, coining, mounted comprising a tray, water kettle, burner and stand, milk jug, coffee jug, tea pot, two-handled sugar bowl, oval rusk basket Marks: each marked in Cyrillic ‘K Faberge’, silver standard 88, ‘S.W’ a for Stephen Wakeva, ‘crossed anchors’ for St. Petersburg Dimensions: tray: 40.2 x 66.5 cm, water kettle: W. 28 cm, H. 28 cm, milk jug: H. 9.6 cm, burner: W. 18.5, H. 5.5 cm, stand: W. base 18 x 14.7 cm, H. 18.7, coffee jug: W. 21.5 cm; H. 17 cm, tea pot - 470 gr., W. 20.5 cm; H. 12 cm, two handled sugar bowl: H. 8 cm, oval biscuit bowl: W. 16 cm, H. 6 cm. rusk basket with handle: W. 23.2 cm, H. 18 cm gross weight: approximately 10,000/10,360 gr. Stephan Wakeva was a silversmith master, worked until 1893, executing orders for Fabergé. Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe Provenance : Collection d'Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), banquier russe et bras droit de Sergei Witte, Ministre des Finances de Nicolas II; Ensuite, par descendance jusqu'au propriétaire présent, collection privée, Europe. The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the p

Estim. 25 000 - 30 000 EUR

Lot 337 - GRACHEV FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE, 1895 - GRACHEV FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE, 1895 Grachev Brothers, Suppliers to the Court of His Imperial Majesty, Saint Petersburg,1895 silver, gilt, mounted, bone comprising tea pot, burner and stand, creamer, sugar bowl, associated tea caddy Marks: 84 silver standard, with the coat of arms with the coat of arms of Saint Petersburg (two anchors and a scepter) and the initials of the assay master in Cyrillic ‘A.SH’ above the date ‘1895,’ and the firm's mark in Cyrillic ‘GRACHEV’ beneath a double-headed eagle. Dimensions: tea pot: W. 14 cm, H. with handle 12.5 cm, burner and stand: W. 12.2 cm, H. 9 cm, creamer: W. 9.2 cm, H. 5.2 cm, sugar bowl – W. 11.5 cm, H. 6.2 cm, associated tea caddy: H 2.2 cm, D. 10.2 cm gross weight: 909 gr. Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe Provenance : Collection d'Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), banquier russe et bras droit de Sergei Witte, Ministre des Finances de Nicolas II; Ensuite, par descendance jusqu'au propriétaire présent, collection privée, Europe. The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled de

Estim. 3 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 338 - PORCELAIN EASTER EGG WITH APPLIED ORMOLU CYPHER OF ALEXANDER III - PORCELAIN EASTER EGG WITH APPLIED ORMOLU CYPHER OF ALEXANDER III Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Alexander III (1885-1896) H. 11.7 cm, L. 8 cm Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe Provenance : Collection d'Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), banquier russe et bras droit de Sergei Witte, Ministre des Finances de Nicolas II; Ensuite, par descendance jusqu'au propriétaire présent, collection privée, Europe. The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them over to the Imperial Crown. He then returned to Berlin, contracted Spanish flu, and died very quickly and suddenly at the age of 46. His widow was the well-known actress Eugenie Legrenzi, born in Bohemia of Italian descent, and ten years younger than her husband. After her husband’s death sh

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 339 - FRUIT BOWL VASE FROM THE MINISTERIAL (ROPSHA) SERVICE - FRUIT BOWL VASE FROM THE MINISTERIAL (ROPSHA) SERVICE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, 1899 Porcelain, painted, gilt under the imperial crown and with the date ‘1899’. Marks: emperor's Cyrillic cipher ‘NII’ (on the underside) H. 18.6 cm, D. 24 cm Provenance: Collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858–1904), Russian banker and right-hand man to the Nicholas II’s minister of finance Sergei Witte Thence by descent to the present day, Europe Provenance : Collection d'Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), banquier russe et bras droit de Sergei Witte, Ministre des Finances de Nicolas II; Ensuite, par descendance jusqu'au propriétaire présent, collection privée, Europe. The following lots are from the collection of Adolf Rothstein (1858-1904), one of the most powerful Russian bankers of the turn of the twentieth century, and right-hand man to the minister of finance Sergei Witte. Acquired when they were new, they have descended directly to his great-grandson, and after more than a century in the same family are now offered for auction for the first time. Adolf Rothstein was born in humble circumstances in Berlin but showed a precocious talent for financial affairs at a young age. He first worked for a German bank, but soon moved to Russia where he made a brilliant career, rising to become the director and general manager of two enormous private Russian banks: the International Commercial Bank in St. Petersburg, and the Russo-Chinese Bank which had branches in Siberia, Manchuria, China and Japan. In the 1890s he had became close to Sergei Witte, Nicholas II’s Minister of Finance, and was instrumental in attracting foreign bank loans to Russia, specifically for the development of business and infrastructure in Russia’s Far East. A naturalised subject of the Tsar, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir, and was the first man of Jewish faith to be admitted to the ranks of the hereditary nobility of the Empire. In 1900, he travelled to New York, probably – although he denied it - to arrange a loan from American banks. This was partially to cover debts incurred from the massive costs of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which was still under construction and in which Rothstein played a critical role. He was received in New York with great honours and was the subject of several articles in the New York Times. The Boxer rebellion in China was at its height, and Rothstein was repeatedly questioned about it and what outcome he predicted, and also on Russia’s and China’s relations with Japan. On these matters he sounded optimistic and sought to reassure the American public that things would soon settle down. On the 13th June 1900, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. A. Rothstein, whose conferences this week with the bankers of Wall Street have aroused much interest, is one of the best known financiers of the Russian Empire....Mr. Rothstein is in the prime of his life, and has a personality that is very attractive. He is of very unassuming manners. He speaks English fluently and is very earnest when engaged in conversation….” On the 19th of June, the same newspaper proclaimed, under the headline “Side Lights on Mr. Rothstein, the Great Russian banker who is in New York” “It is doubtful that one man in a thousand is aware of the presence in this country of one of the half dozen most influential and important men in the Russian Empire, or if they have caught sight of his name amongst the recent arrivals they are aware of the tremendous extent of his power. The mere announcement that M. Rothstein, of the Imperial Bank of Russia, is conferring with financiers in New York, with the object of establishing a Muscovite bank in the United States, will have attracted but little attention save on the part of the financiers, but the general public will be interested to know that he is the alter ego of Count de Witte, the celebrated Minister of Finance of the Czar, and fills much the same position toward the Count as the Capuchin monk, Father Joseph, popularly known as the "Grey Eminence," occupied toward the great Cardinal Richelieu. Count Witte does nothing whatsoever without the advice and counsel of Rothstein, and inasmuch as Count Witte is far and away the most powerful of all Russian statesmen, holding the purse strings of the Empire, and exercising an influence over every branch of the Imperial Administration, the importance of Herr Rothstein will be readily appreciated…” But Russia was heading into a troubled decade, troubles which began precisely in the Far East. In 1904 Rothstein left St. Petersburg to visit his family in Berlin; no sooner had he arrived than he heard the news of the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan. He immediately returned to Saint Petersburg, sold all his Russian assets and gave them over to the Imperial Crown. He then returned to Berlin, contracted Spanish flu, and died very quickly and suddenly at the age of 46. His widow was the well-known actress Eugenie Legrenzi, born

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR
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