Date: Russia, around 1830
The circular bowl with bronze fluted mount to the rim, raised on a faceted, spreading socle over an octagonal pedestal base with octagonal plinth.
Measurement: 33 cm (high)
Design by I.I. Galberg dating from 1820-40 and produced at the Ekaterinburg Imperial Lapidary Factory. The Neo-Classical form of the tazze and the use of malachite is typical of works produced at Ekaterinburg, founded in 1751 and the second of the Imperial Lapidary factories to be established.
A malachite tazze of neo-classical design was acquired by George IV for Windsor Castle, and is still in the Royal Collection.