Russian Silver and Crystal Twin Handled Centre Piece

Russian silver and crystal twin handled centre piece, marked Moscow, with auxiliary Kokhnik mark, maker Egor Cheryatov and retail mark of Fyodor Lorie, set with a deep crystal bowl within a silver mount, with two monogrammed cartouches, surrounded by pierced sides with fine borders, flanked by a pair of loop handles, decorated with raised leaf and berry motifs, raised on six cylindrical legs, 51.5 cm x 26 cm note: in 1912, the firm was transformed into a partnership with the conditional capital of 800,000 rubles, co-founded by the employees of the C.Faberge Moscow branch - Alexei Lemkul (in the 1900's the head of gold department) and Giulio Guerrierii, who in the 1920's worked with C.Faberge Sons - Eugene and Alexander in Paris. Perhaps F.Lorie executed orders for C.Faberge who controlled the production, marketing and assortment of the partnership.