The caddy, with its sloping decks and elevated top, recalls in shape a 17th-century teremok. Four crowned Sirins are depicted within pale blue circles on each of its sides. The remaining ornament consists of scrolls and geometric patterns in brown and grey-green against dark blue. Characteristic of Rückert's designs after 1908 are the tightly wound wire spirals appearing in sets of six on each face of the caddy.

 

 Old Russian Enamels. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. 1987.

 

A la Vieille Russie, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., 1983, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest

 

Marks] On base in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant: KFabergé overstriking FR; [Symbols] circular kokoshnik right, kokoshnik right, 84, delta; [Inventory number] 26955; [Symbol] On rim of neck: circular kokoshnik right

 

1908-1917

 

H: 6 1/16 x W: 4 5/8 x D: 4 5/8 in. (15.4 x 11.8 x 11.8 cm)