Lot Essay
For comparable glasses decorated with painting in gold and silver, see T. Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th - early 20th centuries, St Petersburg, 2009, p. 111.
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THE BEAKERS, BY KONSTANTIN TEREBENEV AND PAVEL SEMECHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1840; THE GOBLET, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1830
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TWO GLASS BEAKERS AND A GOBLET
THE BEAKERS, BY KONSTANTIN TEREBENEV AND PAVEL SEMECHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1840; THE GOBLET, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1830
The beakers cylindrical, decorated with portraits of Tsesarevich Alexander Nikolaevich, future Emperor Alexander II, and his wife Maria Alexandrovna, the reverses painted with scrolling foliage; the goblet painted with a city view in silver, on a gold background, with a diamond-shape cut border, the foot with pie-crust edge, all unmarked
5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high and smaller
THE BEAKERS, BY KONSTANTIN TEREBENEV AND PAVEL SEMECHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1840; THE GOBLET, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1830
The beakers cylindrical, decorated with portraits of Tsesarevich Alexander Nikolaevich, future Emperor Alexander II, and his wife Maria Alexandrovna, the reverses painted with scrolling foliage; the goblet painted with a city view in silver, on a gold background, with a diamond-shape cut border, the foot with pie-crust edge, all unmarked
5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high and smaller
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