Decanter with stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Decanter with stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
The 1840-1890s
Imperial Glass Factory
Translucent colourless crystal; blowing, faceting, grinding
Height 25.0 cm
Colourless translucent crystal decanter with cone-shaped body that merges into narrow throat with three “waists”, flat spout and stopper. The decanter body is decorated with the Bakhmetevs facet comprised of oval smoothly polished low vertical reliefs ("bamboo") with oval "lenses" and "stars", the top and bottom framed with the moulding comprised of truncated pyramidal elements (“stones” or “strawberry diamonds”). The decanter throat is cut with wide flat facet, ground mushroom-shaped stopper.
Инв.8331.1-2/ДПИ