Decanter with stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Decanter with stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Russia, Saint-Petersburg
The 1840-1890s
Imperial Glass factory
Transparent colourless crystal; blowing, faceting, grinding
14.8 x 12.2 x 9.5 cm
Oval transparent colourless decanter with sloping shoulders merging into narrow cylindrical throat with bent back rim, with stopper. The decanter body is decorated with the so-called Bakhmetevs’ facet, comprised of oval smoothly polished low vertical reliefs ("bamboos") with oval "lenses" and "stars", framed from below and above by the moulding of truncated pyramidal elements ("stone" or "strawberry diamond"). The decanter shoulders are processed with facets, the stopper is ornamented by the frieze of truncated pyramidal elements.
Инв.8330.1-2/ДПИ