Decanter with snake-shaped handles
Decanter with snake-shaped handles
Russian Empire, Moscow
1887-1898
Silver, crystal; faceting, casting, chasing, gilding
Height 20.4 cm
Marks: “КФ”; two-headed eagle, Moscow city coat of arms, Moscow city mark with alloy “88”
Decanter of colorless translucent crystal with silver, gilded inside, throat setting, with spout, hinged lid with thumb ramp and ornately shaped handle. The spherical body is decorated with four wide vertical belts with “stone cut” facet; he bottom is cut with “multi rayed rosette”. The surfaces of the ring-shaped setting and cone-shaped lid are textured. The lid is complemented by flat ornately shaped finial, decorated with stylized rosette and leaves in located in curl on two sides. The decanter handle is in the shape of two interwoven snakes.
Инв.18894/ДПИ