A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED PRESENTATION VASE

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A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED PRESENTATION VASE
THE MOUNTS MARKED FABERGE, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPAPORT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1900, THE VASE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II (1896-1917)

Of baluster form, the covered turquoise-green glazed vase with finial in the form of the Romanov gryphon, above a shaped body with the entwined gilt cyphers of the Tsar Nicholas II and his consort the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna beneath an Imperial crown, the sides applied with two silver-gilt mounts in the form of the Great State Arms of Imperial Russia, the acanthus-molded body above a turned socle and round leaf-tip molded base, with original fitted oak presentation case stamped in cyrillic FABERGE, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa, Kiev, London on felt lining
18 in. (46 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar Imperial porcelain vase in pink with silver mounts by Fabergé, from the collection of India Early Minshall, was sold in these Rooms, April 12, 1988, lot 96.