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Teapot

Orest Fedorovich Kurliukov (Russian, fl. 1884-1918) (Artist)
Workshop of Fedor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840-1917) (Enameler)
ca. 1880
silver gilding, painted and filigree enamel, ivory
(18th and 19th Centuries )

This teapot is exceptionally rich in its range of colors and decorative floral motifs. Around the bulbous body of the pot, there are six raised lobes each decorated with a painted with a scene that is repeated on both sides: an exuberantly exotic bird; a seventeenth-century falconer with his falcon; and a deer. On the side and front faces of the spout appear storks. The handle is in raised leaf and floral decoration and terminates in a dolphin's or dragon's head.

Inscription

[Marks] On base in Cyrillic: OK; [Symbol] St. George left; [Number] 88; [Number] Inventory number: 48; [Mark] Punched in script: A or P; [Marks] On rim of lid in Cyrillic: FR; [Number] 88; [Mark] Punched in script: A or P

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1977, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.

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Geographies

Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 5 7/8 x W: 7 9/16 x D: 4 7/16 in. (15 x 19.2 x 11.3 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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44.806

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