A pair of silver-mounted cut-glass wine jugs

WITH RETAILERS MARK OF FABERGÉ AND WITH THE UNKNOWN MAKER'S MARK HB, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890

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A pair of silver-mounted cut-glass wine jugs
with retailers mark of Fabergé and with the unknown maker's mark HB, Moscow, circa 1890
Each cut-glass body of compressed circular form, the cylindrical partly reeded collar mount with hinged flat cover, flared lip and foliate scroll thumbpiece, the reeded handle with scroll and foliate base, marked on collar and cover
7¼in. (18.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

For a pair of silver dessert plates with the similar marks, see Geza von Habsburg, Fabergé, Geneva, 1987, no.56.
See T.F. Fabergé, A.S. Gorynia, V.V. Skurlov Fabergé and Petersburg Jewellers (St Petersburg, 1997) p.109 no.71 "list of items offered in the Moscow branch of the Fabergé firm" for the same design.

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