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Anne Odom cited this teapot and sugar bowl as pivotal examples of a transitional phase in Rückert's career in which he retained the large, lush Usolsk-type blossoms over a light ground, here with a greenish cast, but also introduced darker colors and black as well as an extensive use of foil-backed translucent enamels – in this instance, in orange and olive green. Overall, the blossoms and foliage have become more abstract and the geometric patterns more abundant. On both the teapot and the bowl, the lower portions are worked in filigree key patterns over a sober brown ground enlightened with blue circles. An unusual motif occurring on both the handles and the hinged lid's knob is the burst of flame. The teapot is fitted with rings and squares of mother-of-pearl to insulate the handle and the lid.The exuberant filigree enamel decoration on these two objects is similar, but not identical. This fact, together with the differences in hall marking, suggests that they were not created as a pair.
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