A LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS DECANTER

A LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS DECANTER
BY FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
Of bulbous form, the colourless glass body cut with stars and drop design, silver mounts cast and chased with foliate motifs, the hinged cover applied with a cast leaf, its stalk shaped as a thumb-piece, with a glass scroll handle, the interior with ice compartment, with a detachable cork stopper, gilt interior, marked under stopper with 'K. Fabergé' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial warrant, also with later Soviet marks
11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 25-26 May 1993, lot 411.