Heritage Auctions
Dallas, TX, United States
Imperial Fabergé & Russian Works of Art
Dec 16, 2024,
82025: A Russian Pan-Slavic Cloisonné Enameled Gilt Silver Bratina-Form Wine Cooler
Estimate $80,000-$120,000
Description
A Russian Pan-Slavic Cloisonné Enameled Gilt Silver Bratina-Form Wine Cooler Fabergé, Feodor Rücker marks overstruck, Moscow, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 14316 5-3/8 x 9-1/2 x 5-3/8 inches (13.7 x 24.1 x 13.7 cm) 852 grams
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's London, Russian Works of Art, Fabergé, and Icons, November 26, 2008, lot 207; John Atzbach Antiques, Bellevue, Washington, acquired from the above; Acquired from the above by the present owner. The offered lot comes from a later period of Rückert's production, and one, which it has been suggested, was influenced by the work of his son, Pavel Feodorovich Rückert, a graduate of the Stroganov School of technical drawing. Rückert fils is believed to have graduated between 1906 and 1908. There is an extant bratina formerly in the collection of Countess Sophie de Torby, which is stylistically similar, and which may be seen illustrated in Géza von Habsburg's Fabergé Hofjuwelier der Zaren, Munich: 1986, no. 83 p. 134 which incorporates a similar decoration and palette. (For more information about the Countess, see also lot 82032) Masterpieces of Russian Enamel from an Important American Collection HID03101062020 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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