Lot 12
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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND AMETHYST CUT-GLASS VASES
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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND AMETHYST CUT-GLASS VASES

CIRCA 1840-1850

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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND AMETHYST CUT-GLASS VASES
CIRCA 1840-1850
Each with spirally decorated ovoid body supported by maiden-headed monopodia with paw feet, on a concave-sided plinth
7½ in. (19 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

A vase with similar spirally gadrooned amethyst glass body, executed in the Imperial Glass Factory of St. Petersburg around 1830, in the State History Museum, Moscow, is illustrated in A. Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moscow, 2000, p. 91.

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