Butter serving bowl in the form of wooden bucket with detachable lid with cast horse shaped grip
Butter serving bowl in the form of wooden bucket with detachable lid with cast horse shaped grip
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
1854
A. Kordes workshop, Imperial Glass factory
Translucent red glass, silver; blowing, casting, engraving, chasing, gold painting, grinding
19.1 x 17.2 x 14.5 cm
Mark of the workshop "KORDES", initials of assay master “Э Б” above the date “1854”; alloy number “84”; Saint Petersburg city mark
Butter serving bowl in the form of vase made of translucent red ("ruby") glass, with detachable silver lid with grip. Round-shaped vase with two flat vertical handles is stylized as a caddy. Its body in the lower and upper parts is ornamented with decorative rollers, emphasized by gold belts; round optical lenses mark the "apertures” in the handles. Multi beam rosette is on the bottom. The two-tiered round lid with side slits is decorated with relief foliage pattern and topped with cast figure of a horse serving as a "grip".
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