A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT DESK SET
Lot 130 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, UNITED STATES

A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT DESK SET

BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MAKER FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT DESK SET
BY PAVEL OVCHINNIKOV, MAKER FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
Comprising a tray with a pen-rest, an inkwell with a hinged cover, a blotter, two stamp boxes with hinged covers and a letter rack, each enamelled overall with stylised scrolling foliage on varicolour ground, with birds on the letter rack, the blotter with a finial in the form of a mythological creature, marked throughout with P. Ovchinnikov in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, overstriking the makers initials of Feodor Rückert, also with later Soviet marks
The stand, 12 3⁄4 in. (32.5 cm.) long

Henry Penn Wenger (1927-1997).
Bequeathed by the above to the present owner.

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Feodor Rückert's workshop produced a small number of beautifully enamelled desk sets, each with slightly different decoration. Complete sets with a letter rack appear rarely on the market. A comparable set was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 12 April 2011, lot 211.