Lot Essay
The scratched inventory number probably indicates that this case was retailed by Fabergé.
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MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEDOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 8336
Details
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CARD-CASE
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Fedor Rückert, Moscow, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 8336
Oblong, the front depicting the King of Clubs and the back with the Queen of Hearts in regional costumes on white ground within stylized varicolor floral and foliate scrolls, the sides and rim of hinged cover with similar scrolls, on blue ground, the top of the cover with a roundel with a club sign with pellets on yellow ground surrounded by floral and foliate scrolls with a papakha, sword and knife on white ground, marked inside cover and under base
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Fedor Rückert, Moscow, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 8336
Oblong, the front depicting the King of Clubs and the back with the Queen of Hearts in regional costumes on white ground within stylized varicolor floral and foliate scrolls, the sides and rim of hinged cover with similar scrolls, on blue ground, the top of the cover with a roundel with a club sign with pellets on yellow ground surrounded by floral and foliate scrolls with a papakha, sword and knife on white ground, marked inside cover and under base
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20 October 1998, lot 164