Lot 231
  • 231

A rare Fabergé silver and glass ewer, Moscow, 1899-1908

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • height 35cm, 13 3/4 in.
in Scandinavian taste, the collar, lid and handle of hammered texture and applied with vari-coloured cabochons, the glass cut with diamond and fan facets within lobes, gilt interior, the interior rim later inscribed in Danish 'From the staff in Omsk/ AP 1.V.1935', struck K. Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant, 84 standard, scratched inventory number 18996

Condition

Excellent condition. The gilding worn to the silver around the rim.
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