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Beautiful, absolutely unique and first class hand made Russian (Kiddush?) cup presented in A.I. Sumin retail wooden box. The flora motives are beautifully enameled (cloissonй enamel), the number of the flaws are infinitesimal, minimal, but there is some of course because of it's age. The work of the motives are professional even on the cup and on the plate. The main material is silver which is gilt on both article. Because the properties of the materials it's very hard to take photos without reflections so we tried to make a picture with some examples of these 'visual flaws' which you can find in the gallery.

The initials bear by the objects are in Russian Cyrillic 'Ф.Р.' (F.R.) which is for Fedor Ruckert (aka. Feodor Ruckert) of German origin, who made cloissonй enamel articles in Moscow at the end of the 19. century and beginning of the 20. century (till 1917). Ruckert sold his cloissone objects independently, but many of his works sold by resellers like Faberge or Sumin's store. Avenir Ivanovitch Sumin (aka. A. I. Sumin) was a competitor of the Faberge. His store mostly known about the hardstone animal figurines, but sold many of his own works as well like cigarette cases, miniature eggs, clocks, frames and other popular items at that time. Sumin's store at Saint Petersburg, Nevski 60 was not just producer but a reseller of professional works of silver, gold and hardstone arts. The silver hallmark is a 916/1000 quality Russian silver standard mark (called zolotnik, kokoshnik) with a Greek letter at the left side for Moscow at the period 1908-1917. Both of the hallmarks can be found in the cup and in the plate.

The dimensions are for the cup: 119mm and the diameter is 73mm at the upper and 58mm on the lower part. The weight of the cup is 252 grams. The diameter of the plate is 720mm and the weight is 313 grams. The weight with its woodenbox is 1639 grams (1.64 kg).

Sold by a heritage of a family in the Chez Republic at a heritage auction in 2005 november. The collector's name was Michael Jelavich. Articles sold by Sumin very hard to find nowadays (harder than a Faberge).