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Pill or Snuff Box

Pill or Snuff Box

1906–16
workmaster

attributed to Feodor Ivanovich Rückert

(Russian, 1840–1917)
(Russian, 1842–1918)
Russia, St. Petersburg
silver gilt and enamel
Diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.466
Location: 211 Fabergé

Did You Know?

Around 1900, ladies often carried little boxes for medicines, a pinch of snuff, or cosmetic patches for the face.

Description

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.
  • ?-1966
    India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1966-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Hawley, Henry H. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 122-3, cat. 58 ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org
    Habsburg, Géza von and David Park Curry. Fabergé in America. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. Mentioned & reproduced: p. 100, cat. 71 library.clevelandart.org
    Habsburg, Géza von and David Park Curry. Fabergé in America. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. Mentioned & reproduced p. 100, cat. 71 ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org
  • Fabergé in America. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 12-May 5, 1996); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (organizer) (May 25-July 28, 1996); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (August 24-November 2, 1996); New Orleans Museum of Art (December 7, 1996-February 8, 1997); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-May 11, 1997).
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2/12/96-4/28/96); The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (5/25/96-7/28/96); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (8/24/96-11/2/96); New Orleans Museum of Art (12/7/96-2/8/97); The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/9/97-5/11/97). "Fabergé in America," exh. cat. no. 71, p. 100; color repr. p. 100.
    Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
    The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 1967-January 21, 1968).
  • {{cite web|title=Pill or Snuff Box|url=false|author=Feodor Ivanovich Rückert, House of Fabergé|year=1906–16|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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