Lot Essay
A similar glass vodka set from the Massachusetts Private Collection was sold Christie’s, New York, April 9, 2014, lot 100.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT VIENNESE COLLECTOR
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND LACQUER GLASS VODKA SET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1889
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A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND LACQUER GLASS VODKA SET
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1889
Comprising a globular flask, eight vodka cups and a tray; the red glass flask with silver-gilt neck enamelled with varicolored flowers and foliage, within turquoise pellet borders, the handle shaped as a griffin, with a detachable cork-stopper surmounted by a similarly enamelled ball finial; each red glass cup on a circular foot, enamelled with flower-heads and blue pellet borders; the circular tray on four scroll feet with red lacquer ground, the border similarly enamelled, centering a raised flask holder cast and chased with griffins amidst scrolling foliage enamelled in shades of blue, green and red, engraved with a Cyrillic monogram ‘MEF’, marked throughout; in the original fitted silk-lined wood case stamped ‘[From] the shop / [of] manufacturer/ Ovchinnikov' beneath the Imperial warrant, applied with a monogram plaque
The tray 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) diameter
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1889
Comprising a globular flask, eight vodka cups and a tray; the red glass flask with silver-gilt neck enamelled with varicolored flowers and foliage, within turquoise pellet borders, the handle shaped as a griffin, with a detachable cork-stopper surmounted by a similarly enamelled ball finial; each red glass cup on a circular foot, enamelled with flower-heads and blue pellet borders; the circular tray on four scroll feet with red lacquer ground, the border similarly enamelled, centering a raised flask holder cast and chased with griffins amidst scrolling foliage enamelled in shades of blue, green and red, engraved with a Cyrillic monogram ‘MEF’, marked throughout; in the original fitted silk-lined wood case stamped ‘[From] the shop / [of] manufacturer/ Ovchinnikov' beneath the Imperial warrant, applied with a monogram plaque
The tray 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) diameter
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