Lot 432
  • 432

A SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TAZZA, FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908 |

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • diameter of bowl 26.7cm, 10 1/2 in.
the lobed bowl enamelled overall with flowers and foliate scrolls within ropetwist borders, with a central reserve painted in shaded polychrome enamels depicting a woman in traditional dress welcoming a man and titled in Russian 'Dear Guest', struck with maker's mark FR (Cyrillic), 88 standard, scratched inventory number 8800

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 10-11 June 1985, lot 466
The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels

Literature

Illustrated, G. Hill, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, 1989, pl. 220.

Condition

A handful of restored areas throughout, otherwise in very good condition.
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