Pill or Snuff Box
1906–16
Feodor Ivanovich Rückert
Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917)
Decorative Art and Design
Pill or Snuff Box, 1906–16. Attributed to Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917), House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Silver gilt and enamel; diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.466 Fabergé’s craftsmen in Moscow became known for their work in the pan-Slavic or neo-Russian taste, hearkening back to 17th-century styles of Russian folk decoration. This little box for pills, snuff, or cosmetic patches follows on in this style with its scene of a romantic ride in the quintessential mode of Russian transportation, a horse-drawn sleigh or troika. Around 1900, ladies often carried little boxes for medicines, a pinch of snuff, or cosmetic patches for the face.
- Maker/Artist
- Feodor Ivanovich Rückert
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- silver gilt and enamel
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Marks: Kokoshnik (?), tester's initials [assay mark of Moscow, 1908-26]; 88; C. Fabergé (in Cyrillic); double-headed eagle [imperial warrant]; scratched 25477.
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1966.466
- Credit Line
- The India Early Minshall Collection
- Exhibitions
- The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries, Year in Review: 1967, Fabergé in America, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2/12/96-4/28/96); The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (5/25/96-7/28/96); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (8/24/96-11/2/96); New Orleans Museum of Art (12/7/96-2/8/97); The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/9/97-5/11/97). "Fabergé in America," exh. cat. no. 71, p. 100; color repr. p. 100.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 211 Fabergé
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