Rostov enamel "finift" brooches and boxes.
Each is gift boxed. All items shown are one-of-a-kind.
| Malachite Ring Box. For rings. Malachite Queen
finds the treasure box in the cave. Exquisite painting on enamel with
delicate filigree. Completely hand made. Yaroslavl region. Circa 1980. 1
3/4" x 1 1/2" x 3/4". 1 only.
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Firebird Box. For rings. A pastoral Firebird rises up from the
garden. Exquisite painting on enamel with delicate filigree. Completely made by hand.
Yaroslavl region. 1990s. 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 3/4". 1 only.
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 | Lel Playing Pan-Pipe. The Shepherd Boy from the fairy tale "The Snow Maiden". Art-quality Rostov "Finift" Brooch. Finely painted on enamel with a hand made silvered copper bead filigree border surround. Yaroslavl region. 1970s. 1 1/2" x 1 1/4". 1 only. |
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Floral Brooch. Lemon yellow and shades of green. Exquisite painting on enamel. Completely made by hand.
Yaroslavl region. 1990s. 1 1/2" x 1 1/4". 1 only.
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Framed Finift Enamel Plaque. The Christ the Saviour
Cathedral in Moscow is the tallest Eastern Orthodox structure in the
world, rebuilt in 2000. It is near the Moskva river just west of the
Kremlin. It's coming into existence provides some interesting history.
Tsar Alexander I wanted to build a Cathedral in honor of Christ the
Saviour and Russian blood spilled by Napleon, who finally fled Moscow in
1812. Many delays brought the project into the hands of his brother
Nicholas I. He commissioned architect Konstantin Thon to create a design
modeled after the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Built finally in 1860,
some of the best Russian painters, including Kramskoi, Surikov,
Vereshchagin (and others) embellished the interior for another twenty years. The Cathedral was consecrated on the very day
Alexander III was crowned, May 26, 1883. A year earlier, Tchaikovsky's
1812 Overture debuted there. After 1917, the site of the cathedral was chosen by the Soviet
government for a monument to socialism, to be known as the Palace of
Soviets. Stalin eventually had the original cathedral demolished with
dynamite. The construction of the Palace of Soviets failed due no money,
flooding from the nearby Moskva River, and the outbreak of WWII. The
flooded foundation hole remained until, under Nikita Khrushchev, it was
transformed into the world's largest public swimming pool. A finely
detailed Rostov miniature enamel painting in the original oak frame.
Image size is 4.5"x2.5". Overall dimensions are 5 1/2" x 7".
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Framed Enamel Plaque. The golden-domed church
erected in 1993-95 on the Poklonnaya Gora ("Low Bow", or "Bow Down"
Hill). It's one of the highest spots in Moscow, from where a "low
reverent bow" was expected as an expression of honor and homage. It was
here that Napoleon waited in vain for the keys to the city in 1812.
A finely detailed Rostov miniature enamel painting in the original oak frame.
Image size is 4.5"x2.5". Overall dimensions are 5 1/2" x 7".
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