BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MAKER FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908

Of oval form, the dish well centring the wedding feast, inscribed in Russian ‘Honourable Feast’, surrounded by eight cartouches with alternating designs of eagles, deer and a boyar with a falcon on light pink and cream grounds, within wirework borders, all within varicolour scrolling foliage on a grey-blue ground, with two foliate enamelled handles, on four feet shaped as leaves with green enamel, marked under base with 'P. Ovchinnikov' in Cyrillic with the Imperial Warrant and the maker's initials of Feodor Rückert

15 3⁄8 in. (39 cm.) long

История продаж:
- Кристис 29 November 2021 г., лот 133. Price realised  GBP 40,000
- Собрание Henry Penn Wenger (1927-1997). Bequeathed by the above to the present owner.
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