A silver cup and cover of tapering form, gilt on the interior, chased to front with a vacant decorative cartouche with stylised cornucopia at the base, the lower body chased with a frieze of leaf motifs on a ground of raised beads and edged with bands of bead and scroll motifs, these motifs repeated on a chased band around the circular foot, the neck rim with a band of cabochon garnets centring rectangular panels decorated with stylised berries, the domed cover with stylised, scroll-chased finial.
Fabergé Silver Vase
Fabergéreference number: FB_026
Moscow, 1908-1917
silver, garnets
height: 36 cm
maker’s mark: incised Cyrillic K. Fabergé beneath the Imperial Warrant
assay’s mark: Moscow, 1908-1917