A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNE ENAMEL CARD-CASE
MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEDOR RUCKERT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
SALE 1024, 19 April 2002
Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art
Lot 270
Price Realized $31,070
Oblong, the front depicting the Queen of Clubs and the back the Knave of Spades in medieval costume on white ground within stylized floral and scroll border, the sides and hinged cover with stylized floral and foliate scolls, the cover with the suits as cornerpieces, on pale blue ground, the base engraved with the date 'Dec 25th 1901', with twisted ropework edges, gilt interior, marked under base
3 7/8in. (10cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20 October 1998, lot 168