TEA CADDY
Creator(s): Fedor Rückert (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Round caddy bulges in center and projects near the top. Stopper is door knob hinged. Entire surface except for a gilded border at base is covered with filigree plain and shaded enamel. Background is rust-brown enamel. Panels around side have floral designs reminicent to the 17th century pattern on a blue green or pale peach ground. Upper part has formal 17th century flowers against a pale yellow ground. Cover has similar floral motifs against panels alternately pale peach and pale blue with a rosette on the top is various shades of pink. Interior gilt.
- Object name:
- TEA CADDY
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel -- cork
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1899-1908
- Size:
- 15.2 cm (6 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.54.1-3
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK; MONOGRAM on bottom and inside cover: kokoshnik left, 84, IL in cyrillic for Ivan Lebedkin the tester, FR in cyrillic for the maker Fedor Rukert; Bottom: inscribed number 9093; inside stopper monogram FM in Latin script
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973