A Rare Russian Silver and Enamel Jewel Casket, Imperial Stroganov School, Moscow, 1902-1908

of square shape with tall, pyramidal hinged lid, the base chased and repoussé with floral garlands and fantastic heraldic shields, the lid set with four roundels enameled with richly patterned busts of medieval queens against heraldic shields, the four corners also applied with enameled shields, the lid set with colored cabochon hardstones, the interior gilded, raised on four bracket feet

some slight damage and restoration to the enamel of the shields on the four corners, otherwise in overall good condition.
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The enamel workshop at the Imperial Stroganoff School was founded after the adoption of a new charter in 1902. The reorganized program of study organized simultaneous training in practical and theoretical matters and resulted in an unusually creative period for students in the metal and enamels workshops. The offered lot demonstrates the skillful range of colors and effects that the workshop was able to achieve. See Sergei Fedunov, "Khudozhestvennyi metall Imperatorskogo Stroganovskogo uchilishcha nachala XX veka," Antikvariat, predmety iskusstva i kollekstionirovaniia 2008, no. 1-2: pp. 4-21.