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A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CASKET
Lot 263 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MEXICO

A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL CASKET

MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

Closed3 June 2019

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GBP 100,000

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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, with swing handles and hinged clasp at front, the hinged cover centring an en plein enamel plaque depicting a detail from A Boyar Wedding Feast after Konstantin Makovsky, within a border of stylised geometric motifs, the sides cloisonné enamelled with stylised floral and geometric motifs, marked under base and inside cover
4 ¾ in. (12.2 cm.) wide

Acquired by the great-grandparents of the present owner in St Petersburg circa 1911.

Specialist note

Feodor Rückert often drew on Konstantin Makovsky's historical paintings for decorating his en plein panels. The painter's works evoked the romance of medieval Russia. They were a perfect match for Rückert's enamelled objects in Pan-Russian style which was favoured by wealthy merchants of Moscow. On this box Feodor Rückert used a fragment from Konstantin Makovsky's A Boyar Wedding Feast, painted in 1883 (Hillwood Museum & Gardens, Washington D.C.).