Sale 8003
Russian Art
28 November 2011
London, King Street
Lot 152
A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL KOVSH
MARK OF FEDOR RUCKERT OVERSTRUCK BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV AS RETAILER, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
£3,000 - £4,000 ($4,770 - $6,360)
Handle of fleur-de-lys form, decorated with shaded flowers and foliage in pink, purple, orange, yellow, sky blue and lavender on an olive green ground, the interior centred by a panel depicting an eagle, flowers and scrolls on a cream ground, ropework rim, white bead band around the tucked-in foot
3¾ in. long (9.5 cm.)