Mark of Feodor Rückert, Russian Enamel Jewel Casket

European Furniture & Decorative Arts Featuring Fine Silver and The Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia. Skinner, Boston, April 6, 2013. softcover auction catalog. This sale featured The Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia and over 300 lots of fine silver. The sale also presented Continental and British ceramics, clocks, lighting, textiles, antique furniture and a variety of American and European sculpture from a private Midwest collector. John Fletcher always had an intense interest in Nicholas II and his family. After over fifty years working with auction houses and specialized dealers worldwide, Fletcher had amassed a collection reflecting the splendor of Russia’s cultural Golden and Silver Ages. Highlights from the collection included a white leather child’s shoe, by tradition belonging to Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich; a pair of Fabergé gilded silver and enamel napkin rings; a collodion print of the Russian Imperial Family...

Russian Tsarist silver cigar case with gold initials and inscriptions.

Russian Tsarist silver cigarette case.

Russian tsarist silver cigarette case.

Krupski & Matulewicz Russian/Polish Tsarist silver cigarette case. This case has the Russian 84 hallmark for silver. KiM stands for KRUPSKI I MATULEWICZ. The firm of Wladyslaw Krupski and Jan Matulewicz had there shop at ul. Leszczynska 12. Warszsawa. The Russian silver mark...

Russian Tsarist silver and gold cigarette case.