A glass wine decanter from the Imperial Banquet Service Imperial Glass Factory, St. Petersburg, c. 1890s of mallet form, body with lobbed sides and ring-moulded waisted neck with moulded scalloped stopper, centred with an enamelled medallion with gilt foil insert depicting the crowned Cyrillic monogram 'AF' against ermine mantling, unmarked height: 28.5cm (11 1/4in). Footnotes: Provenance Purchased by Kenneth Ohlander, a private American collector, from the Hammer Galleries, 682 fifth Avenue, New York in March 1945; gallery's' certificate listed decanter under number 6777-3 Thence by descent in the family This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com