A traditional form oval body kovsh with hook handle. The entire body decorated with stylized shaded floral and foliate designs over a cream color ground. Marked with the cyrillic initials of Feodor Ruckert, Moscow 1899-1908.

Length 3 3/8".

Price $4500.

(Ruckert is considered to have produced some of the finest cloisonne enamels in Moscow at that time. He operated his own independent workshop, from which he supplied fine quality enamels to Faberge, Ovchinnikov, Kurlykov, Marshak and others as well as his own account.)