A cloisonné and en plain enamel Casket

MARKED K.FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20236, WITH LONDON IMPORT MARK FOR 1911

細節

A cloisonné and en plain enamel Casket
marked K.Fabergé with Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 20236, with London import mark for 1911
Shaped oblong, the tapering sides with two stylized blossoms and leaves with additional geometric motifs and cornerpieces on dark blue ground, the ends with similarly decorated geometric open-work hinged handles, the domed hinged cover with border of stylized flowers and leaves with geometric motifs at intervals with a rectangular en plain enamel plaque depicting The Return from Church after Sergei Solomko, with hinged shaped clasp with geometric motifs, gilt interior, white metal, marked under base and inside cover
5.7/8in. (15cm.) wide

拍品專文

A fine example of enamel work of the period, this box is most probably by Fedor Rckert, who is known to have undertaken commissions for the house of Fabergé. The en-plain plaque is after a painting by Sergei Sergeevich Solomko (1867-1938), a well-known watercolourist and illustrator. He worked for the periodical Niva and illustrated numerous stories. In 1910 he settled in Paris where he died.