Live Auction 15500Important Russian Art
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS DECANTER
Lot 229

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS DECANTER

MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890

Closed26 November 2018

Estimate

GBP 10,000–15,000

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS DECANTER
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Of spherical form, the colourless glass body cut with fish among waves, the hinged cover and handle formed as a dolphin, with a thumb-piece shaped as a dolphin's fin, interior gilt, marked throughout
7½ in. (19 cm.) high

Specialist note

For an almost identical decanter, see G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 97, no. 132. Another comparable pair of decanters with Emanuel Nobel's provenance was sold Sotheby's, Zurich, 16 November 1977, lot 371.