A Russian five-piece silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel tea-set, Fedor Rückert, Kurliukov, a

A Russian five-piece silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel tea-set, Fedor Rückert, Kurliukov, and maker’s mark P.Ch. Moscow 1899-1908. comprising: a teapot, a milk-jug and a covered sugar-bowl, each with lobed bodies decorated with a falconer, gryphons, and stags within floral scrolls, the flared circular feet with bands of stylized flowerheads, the teapot and milk-jug with the initials of F. Rückert, overstruck with the maker’s mark of Orest Kurliukov, the sugar bowl with maker’s mark of Orest Kurliukov; together with a pair of sugar-tongs, similarly decorated, maker’s mark P.Sh. and a sugar-sifter, lacking maker’s mark (5), Height of teapot: 16.4cm. Provenance: Christie’s New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 216. Provenance: Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 216