Lot 88
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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASE
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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASE

THE GLASS FROM THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AFTER A DESIGN BY IVAN IVANOV

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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASE
The glass from the Imperial Glass Factory, early 19th Century, probably after a design by Ivan Ivanov
The faceted ovoid body surmounted by a waisted neck cast with leaf-tips and beading, flanked by winged swan handles, on a waisted socle and circular spreading base above a cut-cornered plinth with beaded circular feet, stamped '440/1' and '330', the square lower plinth and feet possibly added in the later 19th Century
13¼ in. (34 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Intriguingly called 'Russian stone', and famed for the clarity of the glass, mirror-like polish and skillful faceting, glassware from the Imperial Glass Factory was unrivalled during the Russian Empire period. A pair of identical vases are in the State History Museum, Moscow, and are illustrated in A. Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moscow/Paris, 2000, p. 84. The principal designer of the Imperial glass factory between 1819 and 1848 was Ivan Ivanov, who was responsible for most of the designs for coloured glass or crystal items executed for the Imperial family (N. Thon (ed.), St. Petersburg un 1800, Recklinghausen, 1990, pp. 395 and 398, no. 344).

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