SALE 9060, 20 October 1998
THE GREENFIELD COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN ENAMELS

A silver-gilt cloisonne  enamel Beaker
MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEDOR RUCKERT, MOSCOW, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3193

 

 

 

Of tapering cylindrical form, the spreading foot with reserves of stylised foliage on alternating blue ground with gilt trellis and red ground between white foliate scroll borders the body with an oval reserve enclosing a falconer in traditional costume on white ground embellished with wirework scrolls, on a varicolor floral scroll ground, the rim with tiered translucent red, green, purple and blue pellet border, marked under base

7.7/8in. (20cm.) high

Lot Notes
The scratched inventory number indicates that the above beaker was probably retailed by Faberge.

 

 

 

Tapering cylindrical, on spreading foot, decorated overall with varicolor stylized floral and foliate scrolls, with scrolling wirework details, on green, blue, red and pale apricot ground reserves, the foot with turquoise scroll border, marked in field and under base

6in. (15.8cm.) high