Gold brooch-pendant in Art Nouveau style, decorated with enamel, pearls and diamonds. Firm Bolin, master Vladimir Finikov, St. Petersburg, circa 1900.
By the end of the 19th century, the St. Petersburg firm “Bolin” became one of the most famous firms specializing in the creation of jewelry with precious stones. The firm’s customers belonged to the highest circles of the Russian aristocracy and the imperial family. The firm’s elegant jewels were also sold in Paris by houses such as Boucheron.
The Bolin firm had its own workshops in St. Petersburg and Moscow and staff, but also cooperated with other jewelry workshops that did not have their own trading house, but sold their products through large jewelry stores. In St. Petersburg, Bolin’s main partner was Vladimir Finikov, who is sometimes referred to as the unofficial chief jeweler of the firm.
Diamond necklace in gold and silver with antique diamonds, 1900.
Vladimir Yakovlevich Finikov, an outstanding goldsmith, owner of a jewelry workshop from 1880 to 1908, a native of St. Petersburg and an honorary citizen, came from a merchant family. His brother Vasily was an engraver and had his own engraving workshop.
Firm “Bolin” is not the only one with whom Vladimir Finikov collaborated. The jewelry of this master was taken for sale by other large jewelry stores, such as these cufflinks, which were sold in the store of the famous Moscow jeweler Orest Kurlyukov.
Bolin products, jeweler Vladimir Finikov
Gold and silver brooch, adorned with two emeralds and diamonds, 1896.Paper knife with brushed yellow gold blade and sardonyx stamped gold revolving handle. 1890.Golden box for lozenges adorned with rubies and diamonds, 1895.Gold and platinum bracelet set with pink sapphires and diamonds, 1898-1908.Brooch Turtle with a carved sapphire, set with diamonds, firm Bolin, 1890.Golden brooch in the form of an arrow, decorated with a demantoid garnet, length 6 cm, Bolin firm, 1899.Bowl, decorated with sapphires and diamonds, inside small chasing to imitate the texture of a nugget. Diameter 8.2 cm, Bolin firm, master Vladimir Finikov, 1890.Golden bowl, adorned with sapphires, diamonds and ruby. Inside fine chasing to imitate the texture of a nugget, length 11.4 cm. Circa 1890.Golden cigarette case in the form of a wallet, late 19th century.Gold cigarette case in the form of a purse, knot clasp decorated with sapphire and ruby, height 9.8 cm, 1890.Gun-steel cigarette case adorned with rubies and diamonds with a ruby button in a gold frame, length 8.5 cm, 1890.Two-tone gold egg pendant adorned with guilloche and diamond, 1900.Two-tone gold brooch set with pearls and diamonds, 1900.Gold cufflinks decorated with topazes and diamonds, Vladimir Finikov, sale by Kurlyukov (Moscow), 1899-1908.Cufflinks with diamonds and sapphires, 1895.Gold cufflinks with diamonds, rubies and sapphires, circa 1880.Gold bracelet symbolizing love bonds.Malachite cufflinks with diamonds and pearls, St. Petersburg.
