The Chen Collection
Lyon & Turnbull - London - 23 November 2008, 15:00 GMT
Lot 51 : A Russian five-piece silver-gilt and shaded cloisonne enamel tea-set
Estimate: 35000-45000 GBP
Description:
A Russian five-piece silver-gilt and shaded cloisonne enamel tea-set Fedor Ruckert, Kurliukov, and maker's mark P.Ch., Moscow 1899-1908 comprising: a teapot, a milk-jug and a covered sugar-bowl, each with lobed bodies decorated with a falconer, gryphons, and stags within floral scrolls, the flared circular feet with bands of stylized flowerheads, the teapot and milk-jug with the initials of F. Ruckert, overstruck with the maker's mark of Orest Kurliukov, the sugar bowl with maker's mark of Orest Kurliukov; together with a pair of sugar-tongs, similarly decorated, maker's mark P.Sh., and a sugar-sifter, lacking maker's mark (5)
Height of teapot: 16.4cm
Provenance: Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 216