A Fabergé silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel tea caddy, workmaster Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1908-1917

square with domed lid, the sides enamelled with polychrome shaded birds among fruit-bearing branches on blue and brown grounds within arched reserves, the borders of columns and formal stylised foliage on pale green and white grounds, the cloisons with dripped overlay, silver-mounted cork stopper, struck K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant overstriking workmaster's initials, 91 standard

The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, sold, Christie's New York, 20 October 1998, lot 139

Very good condition. Two of the triangular motifs on the lid with restored enamel backgrounds. A few very minor enamel losses to the edges and corners.
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