Bowl for sweets
Bowl for sweets
Russia, Moscow
Crystal, silver; faceting, casting, chasing, presswork
12.5 х 33.3 х 16.0 cm
Marks: “ХЛЕБНИКОВЪ", “ИХ”; double-headed eagle; tee and identification mark of Moscow District Assay Administration of 1908-1917; Western Europe import mark
Crystal oval vase with scalloped rim, faceted with diamond cut, on silver base and with two ornately shaped handles in the Neoclassical style. The base bottom part is decorated by a frieze depicting stylized palmettas and ornamental belt comprised of flower garlands with the smooth medallion in the center surrounded with laurel wreath. The base upper part is decorated with relief ornament, comprised of paired swans with necks bent aside, holding a garland of laurel wreaths intertwined by ribbons, stylized palmettas and pearls-shaped belt separating the friezes. The handles are in the shape of acanthus leaves wreaths with the images of swans inside.
Инв.2367.1-2/ДПИ