OVCHINNIKOV & F. RÜCKERT A three-handled bowl in 916-th silver...
OVCHINNIKOV & F. RÜCKERT
A three-handled bowl in 916-th silver (88 zolotnik) with cloisonné enamel, baluster-shaped, resting on a circular foot; the body is decorated with lobed cartouches enamelled with multicolored, shaded flowers and swans, the upper section and the scroll-shaped handles are enamelled with flowers, foliage, and scrollwork on a cream-colored background (signs of wear, small areas where the enamel is missing)
Hallmarked on the underside of the base:
Silversmith: Feodor Rückert (“Ф.Р.”),
Pavel Ovchinnikov workshop hallmark in Cyrillic,
Hallmark certifying supply to the Russian Imperial Court.
Kokoshnik by Master Assayer Ivan Lebedkin for Moscow, 1899–1908.
Height: 13 cm;
Gross weight: 735 g
These three-handled bowls are a characteristic form of Fedor Rückert’s work. It is interesting to note that the prominent Ovchinnikov house, like Fabergé, marketed and subsequently distributed a large number of works from this workshop.
By way of comparison, a three-handled bowl decorated with swans and bearing the same hallmarks was offered at the Christie’s auction on November 29, 2021 (lot 137), where it sold for €43,750. Another bowl, lacking the Rückert hallmark, sold for €51,520 at Le Calvez & Associés on January 19, 2023 (lot 18).
For this lot, please contact the auction house by 4:00 p.m. on October 16 at 04 68 32 10 33; a deposit will be required to bid.
OVCHINNIKOV & F. RÜCKERT
A three-handled bowl in 916-th silver (88 zolotnik) with cloisonné enamel, baluster-shaped, resting on a circular foot; the body is decorated with lobed cartouches enamelled with multicolored, shaded flowers and swans, the upper section and the scroll-shaped handles are enamelled with flowers, foliage, and scrollwork on a cream-colored background (signs of wear, small areas where the enamel is missing)
Hallmarked on the underside of the base:
Silversmith: Feodor Rückert (“Ф.Р.”),
Pavel Ovchinnikov workshop hallmark in Cyrillic,
Hallmark certifying supply to the Russian Imperial Court.
Kokoshnik by Master Assayer Ivan Lebedkin for Moscow, 1899–1908.
Height: 13 cm;
Gross weight: 735 g
These three-handled bowls are a characteristic form of Fedor Rückert’s work. It is interesting to note that the prominent Ovchinnikov house, like Fabergé, marketed and subsequently distributed a large number of works from this workshop.
By way of comparison, a three-handled bowl decorated with swans and bearing the same hallmarks was offered at the Christie’s auction on November 29, 2021 (lot 137), where it sold for €43,750. Another bowl, lacking the Rückert hallmark, sold for €51,520 at Le Calvez & Associés on January 19, 2023 (lot 18).
For this lot, please contact the auction house by 4:00 p.m. on October 16 at 04 68 32 10 33; a deposit will be required to bid.
