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INDISTINCTLY MARKED, PROBABLY FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1900, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER ?605
Details
A Silver-Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Three-Handled Cup
Indistinctly marked, probably Feodor Rückert, Moscow, circa 1900, with scratched inventory number ?605
Of baluster shape, the lower part with lobed cartouches enclosing swans and stylized varicolor floral and foliate sprays and flowerheads on pale blue, cream, green, red and dark blue ground with twisted ropework borders, the upper part with stylized varicolor floral and foliate scrolls on cream ground, the gilt rim with twisted ropework borders, the stylized handles with floral and foliate scrolls on cream ground, marked under base
5 in. (12.8 cm.) high
Indistinctly marked, probably Feodor Rückert, Moscow, circa 1900, with scratched inventory number ?605
Of baluster shape, the lower part with lobed cartouches enclosing swans and stylized varicolor floral and foliate sprays and flowerheads on pale blue, cream, green, red and dark blue ground with twisted ropework borders, the upper part with stylized varicolor floral and foliate scrolls on cream ground, the gilt rim with twisted ropework borders, the stylized handles with floral and foliate scrolls on cream ground, marked under base
5 in. (12.8 cm.) high
Further details
The scratched inventory number probably indicates that this cup was retailed by Fabergé. A nearly identical cup, marked Feodor Rückert was sold Sotheby's New York. April 26, 2006, lot 247. For another related cup, see Christie's, New York, the Greenfield Collection of Enamels, Oct. 20, 1998, lot 212.