id: 142761 accession number: 1966.466 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.466 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:20.229000 Pill or Snuff Box, 1906–16. Attributed to Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917), House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Silver gilt and enamel; diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.466 title: Pill or Snuff Box title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1906–16 creation date earliest: 1906 creation date latest: 1916 current location: 211 Fabergé creditline: The India Early Minshall Collection copyright: --- culture: Russia, St. Petersburg, late 19th-early 20th Century technique: silver gilt and enamel department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Miscellaneous find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917) - workmaster * House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918) - maker Peter Carl Faberge (1846-1920) took over the House of Faberge in 1870 from his father Carl Gustav Faberge who had founded the firm in 1842. Until 1881, the firm manufactured primarily jewelry for Saint Petersburg's aristocrats and wealthy elite. In 1885 the firm was awarded the coveted imperial warrant as goldsmith to the tsar and began to produce elaborate presentation Easter eggs as a gift for the tsarina from her husband every year. They also produced luxurious accessories, jewelry, and hardstone sculptures. At one point, Faberge employed over 300 workers including 22 workmasters who oversaw the production of the firm's jewelry and precious objects. A branch of the firm opened in Moscow in 1887, specializing in neo-Russian and pan-Slavic motifs in jewelry, silver, and enamel. Other branches followed in Kiev, London, and Odessa as well as new premises in Saint Petersburg. At the onset of the Russian Revolution, Peter Carl Faberge fled the country to Paris then Switzerland, where he died in 1920. His firm was nationalized by the Bolsheviks in 1918. --- measurements: Diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Marks: Kokoshnik (?), tester's initials [assay mark of Moscow, 1908-26]; 88; C. Fabergé (in Cyrillic); double-headed eagle [imperial warrant]; scratched 25477. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries opening date: 1967-03-15T05:00:00 The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 1967-January 21, 1968). title: Year in Review: 1967 opening date: 1967-11-29T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967). title: Fabergé in America opening date: 1996-02-12T00:00:00 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * 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. --- PROVENANCE India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1966 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1966- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Around 1900, ladies often carried little boxes for medicines, a pinch of snuff, or cosmetic patches for the face. digital 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. page number: Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 122-3, cat. 58 url: https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/836254532 Habsburg, Géza von and David Park Curry. Fabergé in America. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 100, cat. 71 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=34433639 Habsburg, Géza von and David Park Curry. Fabergé in America. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. page number: Mentioned & reproduced p. 100, cat. 71 url: https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/34433639 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.466/1966.466_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.466/1966.466_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.466/1966.466_full.tif