Christie's London: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
[Lot 80]
Russian Art
Artist Fedor Rückert
Title Kovsh
Medium silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel
Size 4.8 x 0 in. / 12.1 x 0 cm.
Year 1896 - 1908
Description A Silver-Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Kovsh
Mark of Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1896-1908, scratched inventory number 20712, with a French import mark
Of traditional form on a circular foot, with raised prow and scroll handle, enamelled with shaded vari-coloured stylized flower blossoms and scrolling foliage on green and red grounds, marked under base and on foot, in the original wood case stamped, 'Fabergé Moscow St Petersburg Odessa' beneath the Imperial warrant
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long
Misc. Stamped
Exhibition Fabergé in America, New York, San Francisco, Richmond, New Orleans, Cleveland; 1996-1997, No. 219
Literature G. von Hapsburg, et al., Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 221, No. 219, illustrated
Price Realized (Set Currency) £32,450 ($53,835)