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BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST PETERSBURG, 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF TWO GLASS GOBLETS FROM THE BANQUET SERVICE AND TWO GLASS GOBLETS FROM THE SERVICE FOR THE ROMANOV TERCENTENARY
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST PETERSBURG, 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each goblet from the Banquet service, with a lobed ovoid bowl centring a coloured and gilt foil insert depicting the crowned initial 'A' on an ermine mantle, on a shaped circular foot, unmarked; each goblet from the Tercentenary service, with a conical bowl, engraved and gilt with the Imperial crowned cypher of Emperor Nicholas II within a trophy of arms, the reverse with black and gilt crowned Imperial double-headed eagle flanked by floral sprays, marked under bases
6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm.) high and smaller
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST PETERSBURG, 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each goblet from the Banquet service, with a lobed ovoid bowl centring a coloured and gilt foil insert depicting the crowned initial 'A' on an ermine mantle, on a shaped circular foot, unmarked; each goblet from the Tercentenary service, with a conical bowl, engraved and gilt with the Imperial crowned cypher of Emperor Nicholas II within a trophy of arms, the reverse with black and gilt crowned Imperial double-headed eagle flanked by floral sprays, marked under bases
6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm.) high and smaller
Provenance
Acquired by the mother of the present owner in Moscow in the 1950s.
Special notice
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