Egg
Made by: Rückert, Fedor
On view in: Mansion Exhibit - Icon Room - Case 2 - Shelf 3
About this object
On top is a rosette in filigree enamel and on the bottom a many sided medallion. Around sides are stylized leaves and flowers of various colors against a pale blue ground. Colors are relieved by silver wires, each ending in a silver globule. Two parts are connected by a threaded screw.
Category: ENAMELS
Object name: Egg
Made in: RUSSIA
Date made: 1899-1908
Size: H. 2 1/2 in. overall __6.35 CM
Detailed information for this item
Catalog number: 15.55.1-2
Class: ENAMEL
Signature marks:MARK __inside: kokoshnik left (1899-1908), I L (Ivan Lebedkin - essayer for Moscow), 84, FR in Cyrillic for Fedor Ruckert
Credit line: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973
Displayed in exhibition:
Exhibition: Hammer Galleries, 1952