Tea caddy with detachable lid and stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Tea caddy with detachable lid and stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
The 1840-1890s
Imperial Glass Factory
Translucent colourless crystal, white metal, cork; blowing, faceting, grinding
12.3 x 11.3 x 8.2 cm
Unidentified maker's mark: “I.K”; Moscow city mark; alloy "84"
Tetrahedral colourless translucent crystal tea caddy with wide front and narrow side walls, with rounded shoulders merging into narrow short cylindrical throat, set in white metal, with white metal stopper with ring and round detachable lid. The tea caddy body is decorated with the so-called “Bakhmetevs facet” comprised of oval smoothly polished low vertical reliefs ("bamboo") with oval "lenses" and "stars", with the top and bottom framed by moulding comprised of truncated pyramidal elements (“stones” or “strawberry diamonds”). The caddy shoulders are processed with wide facet. The throat silver setting, lid and stopper are décor free.
Инв.8105.1-3/ДПИ