A Silver-Gilt Cloisonné Enamel Beaker

A Silver-Gilt Cloisonné Enamel Beaker
Mark of Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1896-1908, scratched inventory number 3193
Of tapering cylindrical form, the spreading foot with reserves of stylized foliage on alternating blue ground with gilt trellis and red ground between white foliate scroll borders, the body with an oval reserve enclosing a falconer in traditional costume on a white ground embellished with wirework scrolls, on a varicolor floral scroll ground, the rim with tiered translucent red, green, purple and blue pellet border, marked under base
7 7/8in. (20cm.) high