Silver Mounted Cut Glass Kovsh with Falconer Handle

Large presentation silver mounted cut glass kovsh, handle modeled as a Russian falconer wearing a kaftan and holding a falcon before a large scroll decorated with pan-Slavic roundels, prow mounted with a similarly embellished silver scroll, maker's mark Alexander Piskarev, Moscow, 1908-1917. Height 11.81 in. Length 14.96 in. Provenance: Christie's, 28 October 2003, Melbourne, lot 501