A five-piece silver-gilt cloisonne enamel Tea-set
THE TEA-POT AND MILK JUG MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEDOR RUCKERT OVERSTRUCK WITH THE O. KURLIUKOV MARK, THE SUGAR-BOWL MARKED O. KURLIUKOV, THE SUGAR-TONGS WITH UNRECORDED WORKMASTER'S CYRILLIC INITIALS P.CH., THE SIFTER WITH ZOLOTNIK MARK ONLY
SALE 9060, 20 October 1998
THE GREENFIELD COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN ENAMELS
Lot 216
Price Realized $29,900
Baluster shaped, comprising tea-pot, a covered sugar-bowl and a milk-jug, the raised feet and bases with bands of stylized flowerheads on green ground in reserves with gilt scrolls on blue and red at intervals, the lobed bodies with a falconer, stags and a gryphon within floral and foliate scrolls on pale blue and cream ground in reserves, the rims with gilt scrolls on pale blue ground, the hinged and detachable domed covers with flowerheads and gilt scrolls on pale blue, white and green ground enclosing a gilt sunburst on pale blue ground, with varicolor bud finials, the spout on the tea-pot with lobed reserve with swans and with floral and foliate sprays, the scroll handles partially enamelled as a stylized varicolour snake, together with a sugar sifter and tongs with floral sprays on pale blue ground, fully marked
the tea-pot 6in. (16.4cm.) high (5)