A pair of parcel-gilt silver-mounted cut-glass decanters, maker's mark Cyrillic Ch. B., retailed by Mattey Lombardo, Moscow, 1908-1917

the glass bodies cut with stars and sunbursts, the silver mounts centred at each side with stylised buds and wreaths above an ovolo border, the rectangular handles cast with a suspended acanthus leaf festoons, the gadrooned lids surmounted by a reeded domed finial, gilt interiors, struck to lid and mount with maker's mark, retailer's mark, 84 standard

height 30 cm; 11 7/8 in.