Fruit bowl (centrepiece)
Fruit bowl (centrepiece)
Russia, Moscow
1808-1917
Silver, transparent colourless crystal; faceting (cutting), casting, chasing
Height: 20.5 cm, crystal bowl diameter: 27.5 cm, base diameter: 13.5 cm
Mark of the firm – "О.КУРЛЮКОВЪ"; rubbed triple mark of the Moscow District Assay Office for 1908-1917 comprising a facing right female head wearing a kokoshnik and the silver fineness standard mark "84" (the district code letter is rubbed)
Crystal fruit bowl designed as a rounded dish cut with a "step-cut" (ladder-cut) design, set upon a silver base and made of colourless transparent crystal. The base consists of a baluster-shaped stem and a patterned plinth (foot), decorated in the Historicism style with rococo C-scrolls, stylized waves, flower buds, and leaves. The crystal bowl is secured to the base by the pin with circular retaining disc.
2484/ДПИ