Oval with rounded sides on a spreading foot, the ends with handles in the form of bear heads, their eyes set with small cabochon rubies, the body with filigree flowers and foliate scrolls enameled in dark green, blue, white, orange, and yellow, marked on underside with maker's initials
7³⁄₄ in. (19.7 cm.) long
22 oz. 10 dwt. (699.8 gr.) gross weight

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The scratched inventory number '1724C' on the present lot was most likely added for Tiffany & Co., the famous jewelry house in New York. Tiffany imported Russian enamel pieces by Feodor Rückert, Antip Kuzmichev, Maria Semenova and other silversmiths between 1887 and 1914 for sale in the United States.

For other almost identical bowls by Feodor Rückert see Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1988, lot 431 and Christies, New York, 18 April 2007, lot 261.