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Lot 524
  • 524

A pair of Fabergé silver-mounted glass decanters, Moscow, circa 1895

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Silver, glass
  • height 33.8cm, 13 1/4 in.
in Art Nouveau taste, the glass moulded with elongated swirling gadroons, the collar mounts cast with stylised leaves and flowerheads, the handle as a whiplash curve, later engraved with initials and anniversary date 21 January 1891-1916, struck K.Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard, scratched inventory number _298, Swedish import marks

Condition

Excellent condition
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