Lot Essay
The portrait was painted in honour of the Russian victory at the end of the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792.
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BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1829
Details
A Very Rare Green Cut-Glass Covered Beaker
by the Imperial Glass Factory, St Petersburg, 1829
Of tapering cylindrical form, the body decorated with a portrait en grisaille of Emperor Nicholas I, framed on both sides with the captured Turkish banners and standards, the body and cover further decorated with gilt and silver floral details
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
by the Imperial Glass Factory, St Petersburg, 1829
Of tapering cylindrical form, the body decorated with a portrait en grisaille of Emperor Nicholas I, framed on both sides with the captured Turkish banners and standards, the body and cover further decorated with gilt and silver floral details
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Brought to you by
Alexis de Tiesenhausen
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