A monumental parcel-gilt presentation tankard


Fabergé, workmaster Stefan Vakeva, St. Petersburg, 1899-1904wide round body in plain silver with scroll handle and hinged lid, resting on three ball feet chased with elaborate baroque ornamentation and emanating from triangular repoussé motifs with floral bouquet within interlaced pattern; stepped lid chased with consecutive borders of interlaced bands and oak garland, centred with a silver coin from Peter the Great period, interior is gilded, 84 standard height: 20.7cm (8 1/4in).
|For similar tankard by the same workmaster see: Tatiana F. Fabergé, Eric-Alan Kohler, Valentin V. Skurlov, Fabergé / A Comprehensive Reference book, Geneva, 2012, p. 278