Lot 465
  • 465

A Fabergé parcel-gilt silver-mounted cut glass decanter, Moscow, circa 1895

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver, glass
  • height: 23.8cm, 9 3/8 in.
the glass moulded with randomly overlapping ribbons, the handle cast as a cherry branch blooming at the collar, struck KF and K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard, scratched inventory number 9758

Condition

Excellent condition. The glass with only a handul of tiny chips, less than expected. Wear to gilding.
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