Cleveland Museum of Art

Cigar Box

Feodor Ivanovich Rückert

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

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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