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Lot Essay
The Slavic revival style in Russia started in the 1850's when the Russian intelligentsia and the art community began to explore and revive past Russian forms.
The most well-known art colonies were Abramtsevo and Talachkino, where the main purpose was the creation of clothing, furniture, ceramics and utensils using and developing into new concepts early Russian art forms.
In this new cultural context, an atmosphere of Russian historicism appears amongst painters and also in the world of the silversmith, especially in Moscow.
The Fabergé Moscow branch used this new trend in producing functional items transforming them, with the help of designers, sculptors and silversmiths, into staggering works of art such as this silver-mounted earthenware duck.
Ceramic objects with silver mounts by Fabergé are extremely rare. For a similar silver-mounted earthenware duck see, Christie's New York, 11 February 1982, lot 362
The most well-known art colonies were Abramtsevo and Talachkino, where the main purpose was the creation of clothing, furniture, ceramics and utensils using and developing into new concepts early Russian art forms.
In this new cultural context, an atmosphere of Russian historicism appears amongst painters and also in the world of the silversmith, especially in Moscow.
The Fabergé Moscow branch used this new trend in producing functional items transforming them, with the help of designers, sculptors and silversmiths, into staggering works of art such as this silver-mounted earthenware duck.
Ceramic objects with silver mounts by Fabergé are extremely rare. For a similar silver-mounted earthenware duck see, Christie's New York, 11 February 1982, lot 362