Cleveland Museum of Art
Cigar Box
Feodor Ivanovich RückertLinkedCulture matchlcp-e8161dd9decf
- Date
- c. 1896–1908
- Medium
- Silver gilt, enamel, sapphire set in gold; [reproduction silk tinder cord, gold and moonstone catch]
- Culture
- Russia
- Department
- Decorative Art and Design
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 300130
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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. In this whimsically oversized box for cigars or loose tobacco, Fabergé used the technique to highlight a symbol of imperial royalty, the preening peacock, here rendered in brilliant hues of blue and green enamels. Peacocks were considered a symbol of imperial royalty in Russia.
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- Credit line
- Gift from various donors by exchange
- Provenance
- ?–2018: (Wartski, Ltd, London, 2018, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 2018-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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