A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS DECANTER
MARKED BOLIN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KONSTANTIN LINKE, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Of shallow bulbous form, with a scroll handle shaped as a mythological creature, the colourless glass body cut with a diamond pattern, applied throughout with a silver openwork mount cast and chased with scrolling foliate motifs centring a harp on each side, the cover with three finials cast as poppy husks, gilt interior, marked inside cover and under base
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS DECANTER
MARKED BOLIN, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KONSTANTIN LINKE, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
Of shallow bulbous form, with a scroll handle shaped as a mythological creature, the colourless glass body cut with a diamond pattern, applied throughout with a silver openwork mount cast and chased with scrolling foliate motifs centring a harp on each side, the cover with three finials cast as poppy husks, gilt interior, marked inside cover and under base
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high