A Russian gilded silver & shaded cloisonné enamel master salt, Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1899-1908. The exterior decorated with a continuous scene of pairs of birds alighting on a lake against a setting sun, alternating with stylized flowerheads, the domed, spreading foot with stylized flowerheads against an iron red ground & with cable border. Height 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), diameter 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm).