Russia, St. Petersburg / 1906–16
Pill or Snuff Box
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Pill or Snuff Box as miscellaneous (Russia, St. Petersburg · 1906–16).
Around 1900, ladies often carried little boxes for medicines, a pinch of snuff, or cosmetic patches for the face.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this miscellaneous as silver gilt and enamel and credits Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917).
The museum's collection notes: 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 .
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
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