Orest Kurlyukov gem-set shaded cloisonné enamel wall plate, Moscow, 1899-1908
ilver, enamel, amethysts, sapphires, gilding
Dia. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Inv. no. ab_1148
Exhibited:
Moscow, Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kulʹturnyi muzei-zapovednik "Moskovskii Kremlʹ", “Karl Faberzhe i Fedor Riukert. Shedevry russkoi emali,” 9 October 2020 – 14 February 2021, no. 397.
Publications:
Muntyan, T.N. Karl Faberzhe i Fedor Riukert. Shedevry russkoi emali. Moscow: Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kulʹturnyi muzei-zapovednik "Moskovskii Kremlʹ", 2020. Cat. no. 397, p. 323.
This small wall plate was almost certainly made by Feodor Rückert and retailed by Kurlyukov. A very similar plate in the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is struck with Rückert’s marks and those of Fabergé as retailer.