Lot 210
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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS WINE DECANTER SET
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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS WINE DECANTER SET

ATTRIBUTED TO PYOTR PETROV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1830

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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS WINE DECANTER SET
ATTRIBUTED TO PYOTR PETROV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1830
The shaped oval palmette-decorated tray with fruiting vine handles, fitted with two bottle holders with figures allegorical of the Four Seasons, each containing a parcel-gilt glass decanter, and centred by a crown-bearing putti, on foliate supports
10¾ in. (27.5 cm.) high, overall; 20¾ in. (52.5 cm.) wide; 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The present wine decanter set was most certainly manufactured circa 1830 in the workshop of Pyotr Petrov, Moscow. A closely related wine decanter set by Petrov is in the State History Museum in Moscow and illustrated in I. Sychev, Russian Bronze, Moscow, 2003, p.171, and again in A. Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moscow-Paris, 2000, p.199.

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