Lot 11
11
A silver-gilt and shaded cloisonn enamel Casket

MARKED FABERG WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 33511

Details
A silver-gilt and shaded cloisonn enamel Casket
marked Faberg with Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 33511
Oblong, the sides decorated in pan-Slavic style with scroll, floral and geometric motifs in shades of blue, green, white and black on shaped feet, each end with similarly decorated openwork handles, the cover enamelled en plein with 'Evening Walk' after a watercolour by Sergei Solomko, the sides with eye motifs and an openwork clasp in pan-Slavic design, marked under base and inside cover
5in. (12.6cm.) long

Lot Essay

Based on the quality and style of the shaded cloisonn enamel, this casket was probably executed by Fedor Rckert, who worked almost exclusively for the firm of Faberg. Sergei Solomko is listed among the miniaturists working for Faberg mentioned by Franz Birbaum. For a kovsh with a similar enamelled scene, see St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, Faberg: Imperial Jeweller, (1993), no.218.