Tea Caddy

Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920) (Artist)

Workshop of Fedor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840-1917) (Workmaster)

1908-1917

silver gilding, filigree enamel, cork
(18th and 19th Centuries )

The caddy, with its sloping decks and elevated top, recalls in shape a 17th-century teremok. Four crowned Sirins are depicted within pale blue circles on each of its sides. The remaining ornament consists of scrolls and geometric patterns in brown and grey-green against dark blue. Characteristic of Rückert's designs after 1908 are the tightly wound wire spirals appearing in sets of six on each face of the caddy.

Inscription

[Marks] On base in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant: KFabergé overstriking FR; [Symbols] circular kokoshnik right, kokoshnik right, 84, delta; [Inventory number] 26955; [Symbol] On rim of neck: circular kokoshnik right

Provenance

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A la Vieille Russie, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., 1983, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2017-2018	Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire's Legacy . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1987	Old Russian Enamels. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.

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Geographies

Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Overall H with lid: 6 1/4 × W: 4 5/8 × D: 4 5/8 in. (15.8 × 11.8 × 11.8 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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44.912

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