A Pair of Silver-Mounted Cut-Glass Claret Jugs
Lot 57 THE PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION

A Pair of Silver-Mounted Cut-Glass Claret Jugs

MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890, ONE WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4530 OR 4536

Closed2 December 2009

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GBP 79,250

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A Pair of Silver-Mounted Cut-Glass Claret Jugs
Marked Fabergé with the Imperial warrant, Moscow, circa 1890, one with scratched inventory number 4530 or 4536
Of baluster form, each pink glass body cut to clear with lozenges and palm-leaves, each mount repoussé and chased with foliate scrolls and pierced with trellis panels, reeded scroll handle, the domed hinged cover with foliate finial, gilt interior, both marked on mount near the handles, one further marked inside cover
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

For an earthenware jug with very similar Fabergé silver mounts see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 96, fig. 128, illustrated.