Oval, of traditional form, the body partly decorated with vari-coloured frieze of stylized foliage and geometric motifs, the inside with a central medallion on a green ground decorated with geometric designs within a light grey ground and vari-coloured stylized motifs, extending over the handle the prow with an artichoke finial, in original silk lined wooden case stamped in Russian 'Faberge St. Petersburg Moscow Odessa London' with the Imperial warrant, marked under base7ј in. (18.4 cm.) long