PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III

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A GILT-DECORATED AND ENAMELED GLASS JUG
PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III
Ovoid, red glass, painted with varicolor cartouches, enameled and gilt decorated throughout with quatrefoils enclosing flowers, and set with red and green colored composite colored stones, with scroll handle, unmarked
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high

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Presented by Emperor Alexander III (1845-1894) to Pedro Christóphersen (1845-1930).
By descent to the present owner.

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Pedro Christóphersen (1845-1930), a Norwegian emigrant to Argentina, was a successful businessman and diplomat. He served as Consul General of Russia in Buenos Aires, and in this capacity he was influential in petitioning Emperor Alexander III (1845-1894) to establish an Orthodox church in Buenos Aires in 1888. Christóphersen was also one of the chief supporters of the Antarctic expedition (1910-1912) led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole in December of 1911.

PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III

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