A silver-gilt and shaded cloisonne enamel three-handled cup, of baluster shape, the lower part with lobed cartouches enclosing swans and stylized multi-color floral and foliate sprays and flowerheads on pale blue, cream and blue grounds, with twisted ropework borders, the upper part similarly decorated on cream ground.
By F.Ruckert, retailed by P.Ovchinnikov, assay master I.Lebedkin, Moscow, 1896-1908, height - 2,75"