A rare Fabergé silver-gilt, enamel and seed pearl tryptich clock and frame, workmaster Johan Victor Aarne, St Petersburg, 1880-1904 (Lot 248) Estimate: £150,000 – 200,000
A rare tryptich format clock enamelled in a vivid and unusual apple- green and oyster-white, only a few comparable examples have ever come to market. A Fabergé silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel kovsh, workmaster Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1908-1917 (Lot 258) Estimate: £60,000 – 80,000
Decorated with a polychrome geometric motifs and stylized flowers in green, grey and blue on mustard-coloured grounds, this kovsh with its modern colour scheme is original in style and epitomises the skills of the renowned Russian craftsmen. Feats of Labour: A Soviet porcelain platter, State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, circa 1921 (Lot 352) Estimate: £30,000 - 50,000
This early Soviet platter painted by Vasiliy Timorev depicts the Polish front during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919 -1921. Renowned for its strong graphic appeal, agitfarfor, or propaganda porcelain, was one of the favoured tools of the new Soviet states to promote their dreams and ideologies. An identical platter is part of the permanent collection of the British Museum, London.