id: 142812 accession number: 1966.500.1.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.500.1.b updated: 2023-09-27 19:01:55.964000 Cover for a Teapot, 1887–96. Firm of Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920). Silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel; The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.500.1.b title: Cover for a Teapot title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1887–96 creation date earliest: 1887 creation date latest: 1896 current location: 211 Fabergé creditline: The India Early Minshall Collection copyright: --- culture: Russia, St. Petersburg technique: silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Miscellaneous find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920) - artist Supplied most of the gifts exchanged by relatives of the imperial family in Russia, Denmark, Germany, and England for christenings, name days, birthdays, Christmas, and Easter. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique opening date: 2008-10-19T04:00:00 Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1966 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1966– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This cover for a teapot is part of a larger tea service. digital description: Fabergé’s craftsmen in Moscow, especially under the watchful eye of workmaster Feodor Rückert, became known for their work in the Pan-Slavic or Neo-Russian style, hearkening back to 17th-century motifs of Russian folk art. Often on rather conventional shapes, Rückert and his silversmiths created an explosion of color, achieved through the historic technique of cloisonné enamel in which tiny metal lines are soldered to the surface then filled with glass powders in various colors and fired to create a high gloss finish. The result is a spectacular evocation of the 17th-century originals. Far from mere copies, however, Rückert's designs, such as this tea service, employ naturalistic or abstract motifs in a thoroughly modern adaptation of a remarkable earlier period of Russian art and decoration. wall description: Fabergé’s craftsmen in Moscow, especially under the watchful eye of workmaster Feodor Rückert, became known for their work in the Pan-Slavic or Neo-Russian style, hearkening back to 17th-century motifs of Russian folk art. Often on rather conventional shapes, Rückert and his silversmiths created an explosion of color, achieved through the historic technique of cloisonné enamel in which tiny metal lines are soldered to the surface then filled with glass powders in various colors and fired to create a high gloss finish. The result is a spectacular evocation of the 17th-century originals. Far from mere copies, however, Rückert's designs, such as this tea service, employ naturalistic or abstract motifs in a thoroughly modern adaptation of a remarkable earlier period of Russian art and decoration. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES