Lot Essay
Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov was the Ataman of the Don Cossack Voisko during the Napoleonic Wars. He promised to give his daughter away to whomever could bring him Napoleon, dead or alive.
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BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY OR THE BAKHMETEV GLASS FACTORY, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1814
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A RARE COMMEMORATIVE GLASS BEAKER
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY OR THE BAKHMETEV GLASS FACTORY, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1814
Of cylindrical form, with wide gilt rim above a circular white glass medallion within a gilt edge, painted in sepia tones with a miniature of Count Platov (1751-1818) and inscribed in Russian 'Count Platov.', apparently unmarked
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY OR THE BAKHMETEV GLASS FACTORY, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1814
Of cylindrical form, with wide gilt rim above a circular white glass medallion within a gilt edge, painted in sepia tones with a miniature of Count Platov (1751-1818) and inscribed in Russian 'Count Platov.', apparently unmarked
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Brought to you by
Marina Nekliudova