Lot 484: A FABERGÉ SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE, WORKMASTER FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

A FABERGÉ SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE, WORKMASTER FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917 the lid painted en plein after Victor Vasnetsov's Vityaz Na Rasputie (A Warrior at the Crossroads) within an arched reserve, both surfaces decorated in three registers with shaded cloisonné enamel stylised foliate forms and dotted diaper pattern, cabochon sapphire thumbpiece, gilt interior, struck K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant overstriking workmaster's initials, 88 standard, illegible scratched inventory number length: 10.5cm, 4 1/8 in.

Inherited by the present owner from his grandfather.