A silver mounted cut glass decanter


Lorie, Moscow, 1908-1916, workmaster's mark for Egor Cheriatovthe ovoid glass body cut with palm leaves and snowflakes, mounted in elaborate silver mount chased and applied with eclectic mix of ornamentation and featuring grapevine garland, palm leaves, an aristocratic coat-of-arms within neo-classical wreath; fitted with a tall silver stopper cast and chased with neo-classical motifs, long handle shaped as a pair of twisted sea monsters; on circular silver support, 84 standard height with stopper: 38cm (15 1/4in).