A fine and unusual fabergé silver and jeweled bird-form kovsh, moscow, circa 1900

the exotic bird-form body repoussé and chased with leafy vine and with scrolling foliage, with wide shaped tail, tall neck and boldly chased head and beak, the eyes set with cabochon garnets, the breast mounted with one blue and one pink sapphire, the tail set with a star sapphire, engraved with a monogram and date 1909, marked K. Fabergé in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant and 88 standard

A la Vieille Russie, New York