Antique 1933 russian lacquer hand painted miniature box casket Winter Troika ^Sale

Round bijou casket produced in Fedoskino and hand painted by acknowledged artist Platonov in 1933, good collection’s quality. I. A. Platonov belonged to highly skilled masters who knew how to make complex copies of paintings by Russian and Western European artists. These were the first masters who switched to independent creative work after several years of chaos. NB: I am selling very good collection of Russian lacquer miniatures at this session. So all boxes have never been restored.

Ca 8.7 cm diameter (roughly 3.4 in), 4.8 cm high (roughly 1.9 in). For better photographs I have added some neutral linen oil over old original varnish and afterwards have removed it. So all boxes have never been restored. Wear, losses. for better photographs I have added some neutral linen oil over old original varnish and afterwards have removed it. Please study high-res pictures for cosmetic condition! Weight of app. 0.1 kg it is going to measure some 0.25 kg of volume packed for shipment.

Lacquer miniature technique came to Russia in late 18th century, adopted by merchant P.I. Korobov after he organized a visor production in the village of Danilkovo (now part of Fedoskino) that he purchased - lacquered army visors. Three years later, Korobov visited Johann Stobwasser’s factory in Braunschweig, adopted the technology of papier-mâché products there, and started at his factory the production of snuffboxes that were popular at that time, decorated with engravings glued to the lid, sometimes painted and varnished. In the second quarter of the 19th century, snuffboxes, beads, caskets and other products began to be decorated with picturesque miniatures made with oil paints in a classical pictorial manner. Unlike the Western European lacquer miniature that started to decline already in early 19th century – Russian remains in production even nowadays.