Lot 90
  • 90

A Fabergé Silver-Mounted Cut Glass Platter, Moscow, circa 1890

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver, lead glass
  • Diameter 12 1/8 in.; 30.8 cm
circular, with ribbon-tied reeded mount, the glass cut with a pattern of stars within the petals of a flowerhead accented with a ground of diamond cutting, struck K. Fabergé in Cyrillic with Imperial Warrant, 84 standard, and with scratched inventory number 38178

Condition

overall excellent condition, the lead glass well cut and bright, the silver mount with good detail, with some wear to surfaces of underside from use and some tiny nicks to the sharpest edges of the starburst cuts
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