A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel kovsh, Khlebnikov probably overstriking Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1908-1917

A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel kovsh, Khlebnikov probably overstriking Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1908-1917

in Pan-Slavic taste, with geometric, foliate and floral motifs in polychrome shaded enamel, the hook handle with a cream ground, the body with a cream and forest green ground, a roundel beneath the handle inscribed with the entwined monogram CPA above '1867 23/I 1917', also inscribed under the base with the surnames 'Mininy, Matalev, Petrovy' in Cyrillic, struck to the base with maker's mark in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 88 standard

length across handle 15cm; 5 7/8 in.