Sale 16804 - The Russian Sale, 8 Jun 2009
New Bond Street
Lot No: 141*
A cloisonne enamel and silver-gilt frame Feodor Ruckert, Moscow, 1908-1917 the circular rim with blue and green cloisonnй sections against pale grey ground in the Art-Nouveau taste, the wooden reverse with A-frame strut and hinged suspension loop,
marked on rim and strut 88 standard height: 7.2cm (2 1/2in).
Estimate: Ј22,000 - 28,000, $33,000 - 42,000
Notes:The aperture is fitted with bevelled glass over an image of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna in the 17th century Boyar costume she famously wore to the Tercentenary Ball held at the Winter Palace in 1903.
Sold for £24,000 inc. premium