Auction 22586:
The Russian Sale
3 Jun 2015 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street
Lot 97
A gem-set silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel kovsh
Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1898-1908, with scratched inventory number '20711'
£25,000 - 35,000
RUB 2 million - 2.8 million
of traditional form, the body brightly decorated with stylized, finely shaded multicoloured blossoms and foliage against a cream ground with a deep blue and black border enhanced by gilded twisted wire, the prow shaped as a bird's head with shaded enamel feathers and black enamel beak, the tail-shaped handle similarly decorated with stylized foliage and raised enamel reserves, the top of the handle with a stylized enamel ladybug, the body, eyes and tail set with hardstone cabochons, gilded interior, 84 standard