Lot Essay
The scratched inventory number probably indicates that this case was retailed by Faberg.
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MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEDOR RCKERT, MOSCOW, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 2318
Details
A silver-gilt cloisonn enamel Card-case
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Fedor Rckert, Moscow, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 2318
Oblong, the front depicting the Queen of Hearts and the back with the King of Clubs in regional costumes on white ground within stylized varicolor floral and foliate scrolls, the sides and rim of hinged cover with similar scrolls, on pale green ground, the top of the cover with a roundel with the spade sign with pellets on pale blue ground surrounded by floral and foliate scrolls with a military head-dress, sword and bow on white ground within blue pellet border, marked inside cover and under base
3.7/8in. (10cm.) high
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Fedor Rckert, Moscow, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 2318
Oblong, the front depicting the Queen of Hearts and the back with the King of Clubs in regional costumes on white ground within stylized varicolor floral and foliate scrolls, the sides and rim of hinged cover with similar scrolls, on pale green ground, the top of the cover with a roundel with the spade sign with pellets on pale blue ground surrounded by floral and foliate scrolls with a military head-dress, sword and bow on white ground within blue pellet border, marked inside cover and under base
3.7/8in. (10cm.) high
Literature
Gerard Hill, Faberg and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, (New York,1989), no.111 illustrated.