Cruet stand with five spice bottles and small spoon
Cruet stand with five spice bottles and small spoon
Russian Empire
Last quarter of the 19th century
Crystal, silver; casting, forge rolling, mounting, blowing, faceting, grinding
Height 19.4 cm; the bottles’ height 12 cm, (mustard jar – 13 cm); cruet stand - 26.3 cm; diameter 19.3 cm
On cruet stand: “ГРАЧЕВЪ”; “84”, “АФ”, Saint Petersburg coat of arms. On the bottles: “МГ”; Saint Petersburg city mark. On mustard jar: Saint Petersburg city mark with silver alloy “84”, “ГРАЧЕВЪ”. On the spoon: “А.С/1892”, Saint Petersburg coat of arms, “ГРАЧЕВЪ”
Silver cruet stand is made in the form of round smooth base with profiled edge, with vertical loop-shaped handle-holder in the centre; five “nests” for bottles are fixed to it. The “nests” external surface is decorated with oblique corrugation. Paired bottles for vinegar or oil are made of colourless translucent crystal with ovoid-shaped bodies merging in high throats with bilateral spouts and stoppers with spherical finials.
Each bottle bodies upper and bottom parts are decorated by wide belt of lozenges arranged in two rows with multi-beam rosettes inside. The middle part –is adorned by vertical flat “finger" facets with rounded upper part. The bottle throat and shoulders are decorated with grinded lozenges. Narrow belt of lozenges with multi-beam rosette inside is on the throat central part. Multi-bean rosette is on the bottom. The stoppers’ spherical finials are grinded.
Paired bottles for pepper or powdered sugar of colourless translucent crystal have ovoid-shaped body, merging to low throat with smooth silver rim and rounded screw lid with slotted apertures. The body upper and lower parts of each bottle are decorated by wide belt of lozenges arranged in two rows with multi-beam rosettes inside. The central part with vertical flat "finger" facets and rounded upper part. Shoulders are decorated with grinded lozenges.
Bottle (jar) for mustard is of translucent colourless crystal with silver throat rim and hinged gilded from the inner side lid. The upper and lower parts of the body of each bottle are ornamented by wide belt of lozenges arranged in two rows with multi-beam rosettes inside. The central part is with vertical flat "finger" facets and with rounded upper part. The throat rim is smooth and profiled. The lid with hemispherical prominence is smooth and has finial in the form of cast onion dome.
Silver spoon with round, smooth, hollow cup and flat, curved, smooth stem with slightly extended end.
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