An assembled set of twelve Fabergé hareliquin silver-gilt cloisonné teaspoons, workmaster: Fedor Rückert, moscow, 1908-1917

the underside of the bowls and the handles decorated in pan-slavic style in muted vari-coloured enamels, two of the handles with red enamel shields enclosing Imperial Eagles to one side, to the other finely painted representations of Saint George slaying the Dragon, nine spoons marked K. Fabergé beneath the Imperial Warrant with workmaster's initials, five of those with scratched inventory numbers: 37584, 37514, 37611, 37672, 99085, one marked K. Fabergé beneath the Imperial Warrant with  scratched inventory number 37673, two with the Imperial Warrant, one of those with scratched inventory number 38940, eleven 88 standard, one 84 standard

One of the teaspoons is clearly lacking the central yellow enamel decoration, there is a further chip to the same spoon on the handle in the blue enamel section, further less evident chips to the other side of the handle in the purple and white enamel sections, minor losses to the white enamel beads. Another spoon of similar design has a minor chip to the blue section of the enamel at the tip of the spoon corresponding to the minor dent to the silver, there is a further shallow chip to the white section to the enamel on the other side of the handle. The third spoon of similar appearance is in overall good condition with minor losses to the enamel beads. UV light reveals spots of re-enamelling to the white beads. The others mostly in good condition, one with significant re-enamelling to the white sections revealed under UV light. Two other spoons with trefoil ends painted with rosettes with minor losses to the enamel in places and re-touching revealed under UV light. One spoon with a touch of restoration at the tip.
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