In recent years, the department has distinguished itself with a highly diversified offering and notable sales, both for everyday items and for prestigious and collectible pieces.
Highlights include two items attributed to Russian silversmith Pavel Ovchinnikov: an icon of Saint Nicholas blessing with a silver and enamel riza (Lot 410 - Auction 581, sold for € 68,750), and a curious centerpiece with a peasant woman holding sheaves of wheat (Lot 106 - Auction 653, sold for € 22,680). Among votive art objects, significant sales include an icon of the Madonna of Tenderness with a silver riza, enamel, and micro-pearls by Ivan Fedorov (Lot 92 - Auction 653, sold for € 9,450), a silver cross decorated with ceramic plaques from Moscow, 1836, bearing the mark of assayer Nikolai Dubrovin (Lot 359 - Auction 581, sold for € 4,750), and an engraved silver lamina miniature depicting "Madonna with Child” by Buccellati (Lot 586 - Auction 629, sold for € 4,410).
Notable sales from the Avolio family of silversmiths include a pair of candelabras with putto holding cornucopia by Luigi (Lot 24 - Auction 606, sold for € 7,560), and a Triton Triumph by Eugenio (Lot 21 - Auction 606, sold for € 6,300).
