Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Auction Closed
November 26, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A RARE SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TEAPOT, MAKER'S MARK YEPR (CYRILLIC), MOSCOW, 1899-1908
decorated with Imperial double-headed eagles and shaded polychrome flowerheads and leaf swirls on pastel grounds within traditional blue pellet borders, replaced ivorine insulators, struck with unrecorded workmaster's initials YePR (Cyrillic), 84 standard
height 14.8cm, 5¾in.
For a kovsh enamelled in a similar palette and centring an Imperial double-headed eagle by Feodor Rückert, please see T. Muntian, Feodor Rückert & Carl Fabergé, pp. 164-165, illustrated, no. 11.