Imperial Russian Silver Match Box by Khlebnikov of Shishkin\'s Bears Pine Forest
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Imperial Russian Silver Match Box by Khlebnikov of Shishkin\'s Bears Pine Forest:
$1192.49
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Very fine and attractive solid silver imperial Russian antique match box case by Ivan Khlebnikov depicting, \'The Morning in a Pine Forest\' by Ivan Shishkin (1844-1905). Tiny hallmark in Cyrillic initials \'xи\' and the 84 standard silver mark.Khlebnikov was an Imperial Russian jewelry firm, founded c. 1867 by Ivan Khlebnikov in St Petersburg, but transferred to Moscow in 1871. The business was highly successful and received the Imperial Warrant producing work of originality and highest quality using decoration in the traditional Russian style on many pieces. The business succumbed at the time of the Russian Revolution.The painting dates from around 1889 and is now attributed soley to Shishkin, a Russian realist painter. However the bears were painted by Konstantin Savitsky, but the art collector Pavel Tretyakov effaced his signature, stating that \"from idea until performance, everything discloses the painting manner and creative method peculiar just to Shishkin\", so the painting is now credited solely to Shishkin. It is believed that he painted the pine trees near Narva-Jõesuu in Estonia, where he often liked to rest in summers.The Morning in a Pine Forest turned out to be very popular, being reproduced on various items, including the \"Clumsy Bear\" chocolates by Krasny Oktyabr. According to one poll, the painting is the second most popular in Russia behind Bogatyrs by Viktor Vasnetsov. Shishkin\'s similar paintings are the Forest in Spring (1884) and The Sestroretsk Forest (1896).Size: 4 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm approx
Weight: 23g
Imperial Russian Silver Match Box by Khlebnikov of Shishkin\'s Bears Pine Forest:
$1192.49