Cleveland Museum of Art

Pill or Snuff Box

Feodor Ivanovich Rückert

Date

1906–16

Medium

silver gilt and enamel

Culture

Russia, St. Petersburg

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fabergé’s craftsmen in Moscow became known for their work in the pan-Slavic or neo-Russian taste, hearkening back to 17th-century styles of Russian folk decoration. This little box for pills, snuff, or cosmetic patches follows on in this style with its scene of a romantic ride in the quintessential mode of Russian transportation, a horse-drawn sleigh or troika . Around 1900, ladies often carried little boxes for medicines, a pinch of snuff, or cosmetic patches for the face.

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