An impressive Pan-Slavic silver, gem-set, enamel and cut-glass centrepiece, Nikolai Tarabrov, Moscow, 1908-1917

the domed base cast and chased with scrolling foliage, centred with a finely painted plaque enamelled en plein after Solomko's By the Fence, set above and at the sides with cabochon garnets and flanked by curved arms decorated with stylised enamelled flowers, the oval bowl cut with diamond and leaf facets, struck to the lower edge of the silver stand with maker's initials in Cyrillic, 84 standard

width 57.5cm; 22 5/8 in.