Decanter with stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Decanter with stopper from the Bakhmetevs set
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
The 1840-1890s
Imperial Glass Factory
Transparenе colourless crystal; blowing, faceting, grinding
Height 16.9 cm, (with stopper 19.0 cm)
Colorless transparent crystal decanter with conic body merging into narrow throat, three “waists”, with flat spout and stopper. The decanter body is decorated with the so-called Bakhmetevs’ facet, comprised of oval smoothly polished low vertical reliefs ("bamboo") with oval "lenses" and "stars", the decanter top and bottom are framed with the moulding comprised of truncated pyramidal elements (“stones” or “strawberry diamonds”). The bottom is cut with multi-rayed star facet. The decanter throat is cut with wide flat facet; mushroom-shaped stopper is decorated with "prismatic" facet.
Инв.10477.1-2/ДПИ