An ormolu-mounted cut-glass vase, Imperial Glass Factory, early 19th century

probably after a design by Ivan Ivanov, the glass body cut with faceted diamonds above and below a band of curved leaves, flanked by swan shaped handles terminating in acanthus leaves, the ormolu neck and foot mounts with leaf tip and reeded borders, the base mount impressed with numbers 330 and 440/1

height 33.5 cm; 13 1/2 in.