A Fabergé Art Nouveau trompe l'oeil silver fruit bowl, Moscow, 1895

modelled a pond with lily pads, waves crashing up the sides to form the sides of the bowl, a young merman or melusine sitting on one side holding a spear pointed at a dolphin beneath him, struck throughout with K. Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 88 standard, scratched inventory number 5390

width 37cm; 14 1/2 in.