Bucket-shaped caviar serving bowl (butter serving bowl?) with detachable lid
Bucket-shaped caviar serving bowl (butter serving bowl?) with detachable lid
Russian Empire, Saint Petersburg
Mid-19th century
Imperial Glass factory
Uranium translucent glass, silver; faceting, grinding, casting, chasing, gilding
10.5 x 15.0 x 9.4 cm
Marks: illegible maker’s mark “ОВК” (?); Saint-Petersburg city mark; alloy "84"
Caviar serving (butter serving) bowl in the form of bucket made of translucent uranium glass, with detachable silver lid, with silver smooth ring-shaped lower part with four feet. Oval-shaped vase with two flat vertical handles, faceted in the form of palmettes. Its body is finished with smooth vertical wide facets; rosette is on the bottom. The smooth domed lid is topped with grip in the form of a flower bouquet placed on acanthus leaves. The feet are in the form of stylized palmettes. The caviar bowl is made in the style of Historicism.
Инв.8116.1-2/ДПИ