# Feodor Ruckert artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/feodor-ruckert/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:49:27.749Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Russian
- Common media: Silver, Gold, Enamel, Jewelry

## About Feodor Ruckert

Feodor Ruckert (1840–1917), also recorded as Feodor Rückert and Fedor Ivanovič Rjukert, was a Russian silver- and goldsmith of German origin. Authority records identify him as a jeweler, while the collected biographical sources also describe him as an enameller and a workmaster associated with Fabergé. His career belongs to the world of late-imperial Russian decorative arts rather than painting or sculpture. Collectors may encounter his name in connection with precious-metal and enamel objects, where the maker’s identity and the exact nature of the Fabergé relationship are important cataloguing questions. Variant transliterations of his surname and given names can complicate searches across German, Russian, Polish, and English records. Appraisily groups those variants under one public artist identity so potentially related auction records can be considered together while preserving uncertainty about attribution, workshop involvement, and firm associations.

## Common works and media

Ruckert is associated in the collected sources with silver- and goldsmithing, jewelry, and enameling. Auction and appraisal searches should therefore consider precious-metal objects and enamel work rather than treating him as a painter. The source pack does not establish a reliable list of recurring object forms, subjects, editions, or named series, so each work should be classified from its own catalogue and physical evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work catalogued under Ruckert should begin by confirming the identity represented by the attribution and preserving the catalogue’s exact wording. The source pack supports silver, gold, jewelry, and enamel as relevant classifications, while the frequently cited Fabergé association requires careful documentation at the object level. These sources do not establish condition, provenance, dimensions, maker marks, or detailed sale results for any individual object. When suitable public auction records are available, comparable lots should therefore be selected by attribution, object type, material, catalogue context, sale date, and documented firm association rather than by the artist name alone. A broad Fabergé connection should not automatically be treated as proof that a particular object was made by Ruckert.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Source gaps and uncertain attributions are retained rather than converted into unsupported conclusions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5443714
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/65184055/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_R%C3%BCckert
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8E%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%2C_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
- Wikipedia: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiodor_R%C3%BCckert
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/feodor-ruckert/