Large Presentation Silver Mounted Cut Glass Kovsh

handle modelled as a Russian falconer wearing a kaftan and holding a falcon before a large scroll decorated with Pan-Slavic roundels, prow mounted with a similarly embellished silver scroll, maker’s mark Alexander Piskarev, Moscow, 1908-1917

• MEASUREMENTS: height 30cm length 38cm
• PROVENANCE: Christie’s, 28 October 2003, Melbourne, lot 501

• price $20,400 Incl BP