Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art

New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Oct 19, 2004

859

1422

MARKED WITH THE INITIALS OF FEODOR RUCKERT, MOSCOW, 1896-1908

A SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL PATCH-BOX

3,000 - 5,000 U.S. dollars

A SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL PATCH-BOX
MARKED WITH THE INITIALS OF FEODOR RUCKERT, MOSCOW, 1896-1908
Circular, the bombe sides with stylized shaded varicolored flowerheads on pale blue and green ground, the hinged cover decorated with a large blue and red flowerhead eminating from four stylized leaves on blue ground
1 13/16 in. (4.8 cm.) diameter

Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art

New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Oct 19, 2004

860

1422

MARKED WITH THE INITIALS OF FEODOR RUCKERT, OVERSTRUCK WITH THE MARK OF FABERGE WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNE ENAMEL PILL-BOX

6,000 - 8,000 U.S. dollars

A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNE ENAMEL PILL-BOX MARKED WITH THE INITIALS OF FEODOR RUCKERT, OVERSTRUCK WITH THE MARK OF FABERGE WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Circular compressed, with stylized and geometric pan-Slavic motifs in shades of brown, blue and green on dark green ground, the hinged cover with with a shaped en-plein enamel plaque of 'Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf' after V. Vasnetsov within stylized border, gilt interior, fully marked2Ѕ in. (6.3 cm.) diameter

Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926) painted the canvas of 'Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf' in 1889, which was bought by Pavel Tretiakov in whose gallery it remains in Moscow. It is taken from the famous folk-tale of 'The Tale of Ivan-Tsarevich, the Fire-Bird and of the Grey Wolf' inspired by the lines 'Ivan-Tsarevich seated on the Grey Wolf with the Beautiful Elena, loved her with all his heart, and she Ivan-Tsarevich.'