Paired single-flower vases
Paired single-flower vases
Russia
The 19th century
Glass, bronze, enamel; flashed glass, polishing, faceting, engraving, enamel over guilloche, knurling, gilding
Height 23.0 cm; diameter of the base 7.4 cm
Paired vases of colorless translucent glass with "ruby" flashed glass, with conical body with a small trumpet, on a short stem with faceted apple-shaped part and round bronze base. The bodies of both vases with vertical facets and are decorated with carved images of flower garlands; top edges are rimmed in bronze. The bronze base is covered with translucent pink enamel over guilloche background. Its top and lateral sides are emphasized by onlay metal frieze with the image of flowers in flowerpot.
Инв.9666.1-2/ДПИ