Jug (pitcher)
Jug (pitcher)
Russia, Moscow
1908-1917
Silver, colourless transparent crystal; cutting, stamping, chasing, gilding
36.0 x 19.0 x 11.7 cm
Mark on the mount: maker’s mark – О.КУРЛЮКОВЪ; mark of the Moscow District Assay Office (1908-1917) – facing right female head in kokoshnik, enclosed in a circle; silver fineness "84"
Jug made of colourless transparent crystal, set on a collar base, with the silver, interior-gilded rim mount, pouring spout, and hinged lid. The pear-shaped crystal body is decorated at the top with the images of daisies on long stems with leaves, and at the bottom with diamonds and multi-pointed stars; there is a multi-pointed star on the bottom. The silver collar-like mount is adorned along the bottom edge with wide reeded band featuring two square rosette inserts, and along the top edge with a half-round roll depicting a wreath of flowers and fruits intertwined with ribbon. The conical hinged lid is accentuated by vertical flutes and decorated at the bottom with the smooth band featuring relief floral rosettes. The finial is crafted in the form of a stylized double pinecone with foliate pattern at the base.
4021/DPI
4021/ДПИ