MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, OVERSTRIKING THE MAKER'S MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20189

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A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL KOVSH
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, OVERSTRIKING THE MAKER'S MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20189
Of circular form, with slightly raised prow and upright angular handle shaped as a bird, on a tapering circular foot, the front centering an en plein enamel plaque depicting The Bogatyrs after Viktor Vasnetsov, the body enamelled with varicolour flower-heads, mushrooms, foliage and geometric motifs on a dark blue ground, all within corded borders, the handle similarly enamelled, marked under base, also with London import marks for 1911-1912
5 5/8 in. (14.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Purchased from Fabergé’s London branch by Sir Edward Green (1831-1923) for £29.
With Wartski, London.
Purchased from the above by Sir William Seeds, K.C.M.G. (1882-1973), H.M. Ambassador to Moscow from 1939-40.
By descent to his grand-daughter.

Literature

Wartski, Exhibition Catalogue, A Loan Exhibition of the Works of Carl Fabergé, London, 1949, p. 18, no. 198.

Exhibited

London, Wartski, A Loan Exhibition of the Works of Carl Fabergé, 8-25 November 1949, no. 198.

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Lot Essay

The Bogatyrs, one of the most famous paintings by Victor Vasnetsov (1848-1926), depicts mythical Russian heroes Dobrynya Nikitich, Ilya Muromets and Alyosha Popovich. The artist worked on his masterpiece for over twenty years, finally completing it in 1898. The painting is currently in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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