SET OF TWO ITEMS BELONGING TO COUNT VLADIMIR NIKOLAIÉVITCH K - Lot 260

SET OF TWO ITEMS BELONGING TO COUNT VLADIMIR NIKOLAIÉVITCH KOKOVTSOV (1853-1943), FINANCE MINISTER OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE FROM 1903 TO 1905 AND FROM 1906 TO 1914, AND PRESIDENT OF THE STATE COUNCIL FROM 1911 TO 1914, COMPRISING : an INSIGNE in 14K (585°/°°°) gold forming a round pendant with enamel decoration on one side of a double polychrome coat of arms encircled by the Cyrillic wording "Chemin de fer Rostov-Vladikavaz" and on the other side of a white enamel band decorated with the dates "1872-1875" in reserve and encircled by the Cyrillic wording "Vladimir Nikolaïévitch Kokovstsoff". The pendant is surmounted by the insignia Pour excellence durant le service dans le Caucase. Work of Alexandre TILLANDER, Saint Petersburg, 1908-1917. Height: 38 mm. Width: 25 mm. Gross weight: 14.15 g.; an INSIGNE D'HONNEUR POUR LES ACTES RELATIVES AU SYSTÈME D'UTILISATION DES TERRES, made in several parts of silver 800°/°° titled 84 zolotnik and green translucent enamel on a radiant guilloché ground. Made by Alfred THIELEMANN and hallmarked Maison FABERGÉ, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917. With equally hallmarked counterplate and silver wheel. Height: 55 mm. Width: 55 mm. Gross weight: 47 g. Provenance: Beaussant-Lefèvre sale, February 12, 1993, Drouot Paris, lots 93/12 and 93/50.