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Matvei Mouravieff-Apostol\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7″ Long x 3 1\/2″ Wide x 2″ Deep 345 grams Silver box wood lined; made by MAPPIN&WEBB. <\/span><\/span>Mappin & Webb<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is an international jewellery company headquartered in England, tracing its origins to a silver workshop founded in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sheffield<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in 1775. They opened shops throughout England and established outlets in Paris, Rome, Berlin and elsewhere. This box was purchased for Matvei Mouravieff-Apostol around 1870 with his M A initials inscribed on the top. It was passed on to Vladimir after his death in 1886. Vladimir gave it to his son, Alexis in 1936\u00a0who passed it down to his nephew, Nicholas in 1984. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Nadehzda Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine (Nee Tereshchenko)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5″ Long x 3″ Wide x 1 3\/4″ Deep 295 grams Silver box\u00a0velour lined with initials NMAK; made by G. KELLER of PARIS. <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Gustave Keller founded the Paris silversmith firm in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1856<\/strong>, creating simple yet elegant silver sets and accessories that quickly gained acclaim for their quality<\/span>. His work was recognized internationally, earning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gold and silver medals at the 1867 and 1878 Paris World Exhibitions. <\/strong>The firm became an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official supplier to several European courts<\/strong>, including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Spain, Russia, Greece, and Romania<\/strong>. The Russian Court was especially important \u2014 from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1897<\/strong>, the last Tsar, Nicholas II, regularly purchased artifacts from Keller. This box was given to Nadehzda in 1909 as a wedding gift from the Czarina, wife of Nicholas II.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alexis\u00a0Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6″ Long x 3 1\/2″ Wide x 1 3\/4″ Deep 290 grams Silver box\u00a0wood lined with map\u00a0of east asia engraved on cover and engraved dedication plaque inside with names of Red Cross Team dated November 30, 1945. Unknown manufacturer. This box was presented to Alexis, Director of Asian Operations for the\u00a0International Red Cross by his team of\u00a0representatives stationed in the far east during World War II from 1941 to 1945. The names of the Swiss Delegates were engraved on the cover showing their individual places of assignment and included Paravicini, Zindel, Egle, Bessmer, Salsmann, Horlimann, Schweizer, Visher, Weigmann and Surbeck. Locations included Indonesia, Burma, Japan, Korea, China and Russia. The names of the Support Team members were A. Brulhart, M. Menge, O. Muller, E. de Weck, C. de Bours, A. Kummerli, A. Lecoultre, A. Marsault, A. Marti, M. Perret, and A. Ulmann<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nadehzda Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine (Nee Tereshchenko)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3 3\/4″ Long x 2 1\/2″ Wide x 1 3\/4″ deep 235 grams Silver <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Guilloch\u00e9 enameled box\u00a0with hand painted miniature portrait of Nadehzda\u00a0Fedorovna Tereshchenko\u00a0by\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Otto Mylius Oskar Ulbrich<\/strong>. <\/strong>He was a German Kunstmaler, portraitist, porcelain-plate painter, enamel painter, miniature painter, and portrait painter<\/strong>, born 2 Sept. 1876 in Lichte<\/strong> and died 23 Apr. 1943 in Hanau<\/strong>. He was known as a Miniaturmaler und Portraitist<\/strong>\u2014a miniature painter and portraitist. He was the son of Wilhelm Ulbrich and is describe as a Porzellanplattenmaler, Kunstmaler und Portraitist<\/strong>. Sources list\u00a0Otto Ulbrich<\/strong> among notable Th\u00fcringen porcelain-plate painters. Vladimir Vladimirovitch Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine commissioned the piece as an engagement present to his betrothed in 1909.<\/p>\n

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