Lot 445
  • 445

Five Fabergé silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel spoons, workmaster Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1908-1917

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • enamel
  • length: 13cm, 5 1/8 in.
the tapering handles and circular bowls with shaded polychrome slavic motifs on blue grounds, struck K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, overstriking workmaster's initials, 88 standard, with traces of scratched inventory numbers

Condition

There are minor losses and damages to the enamel in places which do not detract from the overall appearance of the set. UV light reveals restoration to the rim of one spoon. Wear to the gilding.
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