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For a similar set see New York, Corning Museum of Glass, Russian Glass of the 17th-20th Centuries, (1990), p.100
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A GLASS PART VODKA SERVICE
BY THE DIAT'KOVA CRYSTAL FACTORY, DESIGNED BY ELIZAVETA BEM
Comprising: a green blown glass rectangular section decanter and eight vodka glasses, each decorated in orange and black with frolicking devils, the decanter inscribed in Cyrillic 'Hello, little glasses, how are you getting on? Waiting for me? Drink, drink and you will see devils. Wine! Hey, my dear! Flow into my throat my dear Son. The first is what I do not drink, the second is what I do not like and the third is what I have already drunk! They got tight and had a fight. After a sound sleep they drank the morning after and made up' signed in Cyrillic and dated ELIZ. BEM 97, the glasses with inscriptions: 'The first glass for making merry'; 'The second glass for health'; 'Don't ask whether he drinks, ask what he's like drunk; 'The one who is quiet when drunk is not daring'; 'When I drink over the limit my head splits'; 'Whether you want to or not it is necessary to drink'; 'To drink for joy and to drown for joy and to drown for sorrow'; 'The one with his hat on is not drunk'
the decanter: 8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high; each glass: 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high (9)
BY THE DIAT'KOVA CRYSTAL FACTORY, DESIGNED BY ELIZAVETA BEM
Comprising: a green blown glass rectangular section decanter and eight vodka glasses, each decorated in orange and black with frolicking devils, the decanter inscribed in Cyrillic 'Hello, little glasses, how are you getting on? Waiting for me? Drink, drink and you will see devils. Wine! Hey, my dear! Flow into my throat my dear Son. The first is what I do not drink, the second is what I do not like and the third is what I have already drunk! They got tight and had a fight. After a sound sleep they drank the morning after and made up' signed in Cyrillic and dated ELIZ. BEM 97, the glasses with inscriptions: 'The first glass for making merry'; 'The second glass for health'; 'Don't ask whether he drinks, ask what he's like drunk; 'The one who is quiet when drunk is not daring'; 'When I drink over the limit my head splits'; 'Whether you want to or not it is necessary to drink'; 'To drink for joy and to drown for joy and to drown for sorrow'; 'The one with his hat on is not drunk'
the decanter: 8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high; each glass: 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high (9)