Lot 49
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Description
A Russian silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel dish
Fedor Rückert, Moscow, 1896-1908
the shallow circular dish on three ball supports, the centre with a gryphon on a green ground, within a surround of nine lobes, each decorated with a stylized flowerhead, the broad rim with a design of scrolling white foliage on a red ground, and with pellets of translucent green foiled enamel
11.8cm diameter
Provenance:
Christie’s, New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 173
Literature:
Gerard Hill, Faberge and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, No. 217 illustrated
Footnote
Provenance:
Christie's, New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 173
Literature:
Gerard Hill, Faberge and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, No. 217 illustrated