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Box with a Russian scene
c.1908
Feodor Ruckert
Given to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
c.1908
Feodor Ruckert
Given to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Feodor Ruckert, who made this box, was Faberge's main enamellist in the Russian style. He began an association with Faberge at the time of the opening of the Moscow branch in 1887 but he also worked for other jewellery and silversmiths businesses in Moscow, such as Khlebnikov and Ovchinnikov. According to Anne Odom, most of the pieces which Ruckert produced for Faberge were made after 1908, by which time the colours of his enamelling had changed from pastels to dark blues, greens, greys and browns and he began to use intricate wirework patterns in his cloisonné enamelling, particularly in coils, as seen on this box. The scene on this box is from the Tale of Tsar Sultan, taken from a poem by Alexander Pushkin (17991837), and depicts the walled city which miraculously appeared to Tsar Sultan's wife and his son, Prince Gvidon.
Silver, cloisonné enamel. 1.9 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm
Mark of Feodor Ruckert; silver mark of 88 zolotniks; C. Faberge in Cyrillic characters in Cyrillic characters; STERLING RUSSIA in Roman letters
RCIN 100306
PROVENANCE: Wartski; given to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, May 1979
Text adapted from Faberge in the Royal Collection
Silver, cloisonné enamel. 1.9 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm
Mark of Feodor Ruckert; silver mark of 88 zolotniks; C. Faberge in Cyrillic characters in Cyrillic characters; STERLING RUSSIA in Roman letters
RCIN 100306
PROVENANCE: Wartski; given to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, May 1979
Text adapted from Faberge in the Royal Collection
