A parcel-gilt silver-mounted cut-glass decanter, workmaster Egor Cheryatov, retailed by Lorie, Moscow, 1908-1917

the lower section cut with stars within circular reserves and sunbursts, graduating to a fluted upper section, the silver mount decorated with ribbon-tied acanthus leaf and palm-tip borders, the curved handle reeded, the lid with ribbon-tied festoons and surmounted by a figural finial in the form of a sphynx, gilt interior, struck to mount and lid with maker's mark, retailer's mark, 84 standard

height 29 cm; 11 3/8 in.