Beschreibung:

A Fine and Massive Russian Gilded Silver and Shaded Enamel Large Wedding Kovsh, Feodor Rückert, retailed by Ovchinnikov, Moscow, circa 1900 of typical form, with elaborately scrolled handle and pointed prow, decorated with scrolling shaded tulips and foliage outlined with applied filigree wires against a green ground, the handle also with applied enamel pellets in turquoise and iron red, incorporating at the front a Russian double-headed eagle and two flying horsemen in boyar costume at the back, the borders with multicolored scrolls in peach, tobacco, turquoise, and pale green; both sides with larger figurative panels: the first with the choosing of the bride against a sky blue ground and the second with a scene of the wedding feast, also with a sky blue ground, the prow set with a gilded, double-headed Imperial eagle, set on a ring foot Length 14 in. 35.6 cm