A monumental parcel-gilt and cut-glass beverage ewer
Second Artel, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Second Artel, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
slightly tapering cylindrical form, colourless glass body cut with vertical sections of alternating designs of snowflakes and horizontal lines, top fitted with a plain silver collar, hinged lid centred with a silver Russian rouble dating to Catherine the Great period, with a shell-shaped thumb piece and a plain silver scroll handle, 84 standard
height: 31.7cm (12 1/2in).
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Private American collection
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Second Artel, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Second Artel, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
slightly tapering cylindrical form, colourless glass body cut with vertical sections of alternating designs of snowflakes and horizontal lines, top fitted with a plain silver collar, hinged lid centred with a silver Russian rouble dating to Catherine the Great period, with a shell-shaped thumb piece and a plain silver scroll handle, 84 standard
height: 31.7cm (12 1/2in).
Provenance
Private American collection