Lot Essay
For comparable examples of blue and amethyst glass objects, see T. Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th - early 20th centuries, St Petersburg, 2009, pp. 80-82.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION
A BLUE GLASS GOBLET AND SAUCER
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A BLUE GLASS GOBLET AND SAUCER
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The goblet, with funnel-shaped bowl with a gilt rim above swags and foliate decoration, centring a cartouche with profile of a man beneath a coronet, raised on a knopped stem on a square foot; the saucer, circular, the centre cut with a star on the reverse, the border of gilt foliate and geometrical design on a stippled ground between two gilt rims, both apparently unmarked
5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm.) high and smaller
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The goblet, with funnel-shaped bowl with a gilt rim above swags and foliate decoration, centring a cartouche with profile of a man beneath a coronet, raised on a knopped stem on a square foot; the saucer, circular, the centre cut with a star on the reverse, the border of gilt foliate and geometrical design on a stippled ground between two gilt rims, both apparently unmarked
5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm.) high and smaller
Provenance
Acquired by the parents of the present owner in Leningrad in the 1960-1970s.
Brought to you by
Marina Nekliudova