A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel pillbox, Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1908-1917

 

 

of cushion form, the box and hinged lid enameled with scrolling and foliate ornaments against forest green and sky blue grounds, the interior still affixed with its extremely rare, original paper price tag from the retailer Nemirov-Kolodkin, struck with maker's mark FR (Cyrillic), 88 standard