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A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CASKET
Lot 54 PROPERTY FROM A MARYLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION

A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CASKET

MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

Closed16 April 2012

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A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CASKET
MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Rectangular on four bracket feet, the sides with two shaped swing handles, a hinged clasp at front, the domed hinged cover centering an en plein enamel plaque depicting Tsar Ivan the Terrible Admiring Vasilisa Melentieva, after Grigory Sedov, enameled overall with elaborate floral and geometric motifs in shades of purple, blue, orange, brown and white on a green ground, within ornate wirework borders, marked under base, and with later import marks
4 7/8 in. (12.1 cm.) long

Acquired by the family of the present owner, 1960s.

Specialist note

Vasilisa Melentieva (d. 1579) was the sixth wife of Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584). Tsar Ivan the Terrible Admiring Vasilisa Melentieva (1875) is the most important and most famous work by the artist Grigory Sedov (1836-1884), who took his inspiration from the play Vasilisa Melentieva (1868) by Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886). The original work is today in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.