A GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER-GILT COCONUT DECANTER
TIFLIS, 1858
Ovoid, on a spreading foot, the coconut body carved with images of animals and birds in nature, applied with silver-gilt borders, the neck and foot guilloché enamelled in dark blue and inlaid in gold with stylised leaves, with a similarly decorated detachable stopper, marked under base and on neck
11 in. (28 cm.) high
A GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER-GILT COCONUT DECANTER
TIFLIS, 1858
Ovoid, on a spreading foot, the coconut body carved with images of animals and birds in nature, applied with silver-gilt borders, the neck and foot guilloché enamelled in dark blue and inlaid in gold with stylised leaves, with a similarly decorated detachable stopper, marked under base and on neck
11 in. (28 cm.) high
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