EGG
Creator(s): Fedor Rückert (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Egg is decorated with a tree and leaf design and the background is covered with a Chinese red enamel. Inspiration was Art Nouveau style. Interior is silver gilt.
- Object name:
- EGG
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1899-1908
- Size:
- 9.2 x 6.6 cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.52.1-2
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside: 84, kokoshnik facing left IL in cyrillic (Ivan Lebedkin) for Moscow, FR in cyrillic, In each compartment: N118
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973