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Tea Caddy
Made by:
Rückert, Fedor
Currently in storage


About this object
Round caddy bulges in center and projects near the top. Stopper is door knob hinged. Entire surface except for a gilded border at base is covered with filigree plain and shaded enamel. Background is rust-brown enamel. Panels around side have floral designs reminicent to the 17th century pattern on a blue green or pale peach ground. Upper part has formal 17th century flowers against a pale yellow ground. Cover has similar floral motifs against panels alternately pale peach and pale blue with a rosette on the top is various shades of pink. Interior gilt.
Category:
ENAMELS
Object name: Culinary Container
Made in:
RUSSIA: Moscow
Date made: 1899-1908
Size: H. 6 in.  overall __15.24 CM

Detailed information for this item
Catalog number: 15.54.1-3
Class: ENAMEL
Signature marks: MARK; MONOGRAM __on bottom and inside cover: kokoshnik left, 84, IL in cyrillic for Ivan Lebedkin the tester, FR in cyrillic for the maker Fedor Rukert; Bottom: inscribed number 9093; inside stopper monogram FM in Latin script
Credit line: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973