Egg
Made by: Rückert, Fedor
On view in: Mansion Exhibit - Icon Room - Case 2 - Shelf 3
About this object
Egg is decorated with four round medallions, each with a sunburst in silver wires ending in globules and set with a small rose cut amethyst. Rest of surface has designs of flowers and leaves in the 17th century manner on a cream ground. On top and bottom of egg are small rose cut stones of greenish color. Stones are in an open setting penetrating the surface of the egg.
Category: ENAMELS
Object name: Egg
Made in: RUSSIA
Date made: 1899-1908
Size: H. 2 1/8 in. overall __5.40 CM
Detailed information for this item
Catalog number: 15.50.1-2
Class: ENAMEL
Signature marks: MARK __inside: kokoshnik left for 1899-1908, IL for Ivam Lebedkin (Moscow essayer in 1899-1908), 88, FR in Cyrillic
Credit line: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973
Displayed in exhibition:
Exhibition: Hammer Galleries, 1952