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The scratched inventory number probably indicates that this letter-holder was retailed by Faberg.
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MARKED WITH CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEDOR RCKERT, MOSCOW, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1225
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A parcel-gilt cloisonn enamel Letter-Holder
marked with Cyrillic initials of Fedor Rckert, Moscow, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 1225
L-shaped, on four scroll feet with base partly decorated in blue, green, brown and black, the shaped fixed rear upright with pierced, chased and engraved double-headed eagle amid scrolls with enamel border of stylized serpent, flowers and sprays, the hinged front with two guards with crossed axes before closed doors within bomb arch of flowers and scrolls on cream ground, marked on flange and under base
6.5/8in. (17cm.) high
marked with Cyrillic initials of Fedor Rckert, Moscow, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 1225
L-shaped, on four scroll feet with base partly decorated in blue, green, brown and black, the shaped fixed rear upright with pierced, chased and engraved double-headed eagle amid scrolls with enamel border of stylized serpent, flowers and sprays, the hinged front with two guards with crossed axes before closed doors within bomb arch of flowers and scrolls on cream ground, marked on flange and under base
6.5/8in. (17cm.) high