COLLECTIONS: SILVER, VERTU, AND RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART
14 OCTOBER 2015 | 10:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK
LOT 74
Estimate 12,000 — 18,000 USD
A Russian gilded silver and cloisonné enamel standing scent flask, Fedor Rückert, Moscow, circa 1890
of baluster form on spreading, circular foot, enameled with stylized, intensely-colored blossoms on an opaque white ground, the tapering neck within bands of geometric ornament, the slip-on cover with tent-form finial, 88 standard
height 5 in., 12.7 cm