A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PENCIL-HOLDER
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PENCIL-HOLDER

MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEDOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1896-1908

Details
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PENCIL-HOLDER
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Fedor Rückert, Moscow, 1896-1908
Of oval section, the spreading foot with a band of stylized varicolor flowerheads and foliate sprays on dark green ground, the body with shaped rim with a Russian man and woman in traditional costume amid floral and foliate sprays on blue and pale green ground, the scroll handles incorporating a blossom and foliate spray, marked under base
5¼in. (13.4cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20 October 1998, lot 182

More from Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art

View All
View All