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CHAIR-SHAPED SALT CELLAR. Imperial Glassworks, Moscow, circa 1896. A rare salt cellar model in orange-colored glass, decorated on each side with leafy motifs in relief painted in gold and silver and adorned with animals, and on the front with a double-headed Romanoff eagle. This commemorative object was most probably offered to celebrate the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II. Accents, slight wear. H.: 15.5 cm - W.: 8.5 cm - D.: 9, 5 m. Reference: see a commemorative bratina from the same factory and of similar workmanship, decorated with the same motifs, in the collections of the Kouskovo National Museum, illustrated in the book "Art Nouveau Russe", by Hélène A. Borisova and Gregory Sternine. Borisova and Gregory Sternine, éditions du Regard, 1987, page 183
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CHAIR-SHAPED SALT CELLAR. Imperial Glassworks, Moscow, circa 1896. A rare salt cellar model in orange-colored glass, decorated on each side with leafy motifs in relief painted in gold and silver and adorned with animals, and on the front with a double-headed Romanoff eagle. This commemorative object was most probably offered to celebrate the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II. Accents, slight wear. H.: 15.5 cm - W.: 8.5 cm - D.: 9, 5 m. Reference: see a commemorative bratina from the same factory and of similar workmanship, decorated with the same motifs, in the collections of the Kouskovo National Museum, illustrated in the book "Art Nouveau Russe", by Hélène A. Borisova and Gregory Sternine. Borisova and Gregory Sternine, éditions du Regard, 1987, page 183
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