Fabergé executed a number of pieces of silver-mounted art pottery at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, several of which, including a doulton pottery vase currently in the collection of the Pavlovsk Palace Museum mounted with sweet peas, were made for the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, whose taste leaned markedly towards the Art Nouveau.

While the Art Nouveau movement flourished in France, Russia saw a similar group of artists such as Vrubel' and Vasnetsov who looked towards Russia's medieval past and translated the ancient motifs into a 20th century Russian aesthetic movement. The Pan-slavic style is seen in the offered lot as Fabergé's mounts in the ancient taste blend with the Stroganov School's inventive glazing of celadon and tarnished silver. This synthesis is typical of works of art in this style from Fabergé's workshops.