Decanter with stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Decanter with stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
The 1840-1890s
Imperial Glass Factory
Colourless translucent crystal; blowing, faceting, grinding
Height 13.8 cm
Translucent colourless crystal decanter with ball-shaped body merging into narrow throat with flat spout and stopper. The decanter body is decorated with the Bakhmetevs facet comprised of oval smoothly polished short vertical reliefs ("bamboo") with oval "lenses" and "stars", with the top and bottom framed by the moulding comprised of truncated pyramidal elements (“stones” or “strawberry diamonds”). The decanter throat is processed with flat vertical facets. The decanter ball-shaped finial is adorned by the flat ball-shaped quadrate-shaped facet.
Инв.8666.1-2/ДПИ