Russian Art Deco sterling silver centerpiece or tazza with a crystal bowl insert. Produced by Nikolai Tarabrov in Moscow, ca. 1908. The crystal is monogrammed HM along the underside. Each leg of the base as well as the underside is impressed with a head (kokoshnik) and a maker’s mark. Tested as sterling.

Provenance: Property from the distinguished collection of Mr. James Lee Soffer, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Total; height: 8 in x diameter: 8 in.
Gross weight: 1340.9 g.