Fabergé sugar tongs, 1887–1896

Overview

Cleveland dates these silver-gilt, cloisonné-enamel sugar tongs to 1887–1896 and names the House of Fabergé, with the workmaster attributed to Feodor Ivanovich Rückert. Part of a larger tea service, they render floral ornament in glass powders held by metal partitions.

The museum relates the design to modern adaptations of seventeenth-century Russian motifs. Recorded provenance begins with India Early Minshall and continues with Cleveland from 1966.

History & identity

House of Fabergé; workmaster attributed to Feodor Ivanovich Rückert.

Sources & representation

Complete institutional record and native photograph.

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   Cleveland Museum of Art online catalogue: Sugar Tongs (1966.500.10)

   Cleveland Museum of Art

   Undated online record; manufacture date and catalogue update timestamps are separate.

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1. Primary institutional object recordSugar Tongs — Cleveland Museum of Art 1966.500.10Research access: 2026-10-21

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