BY THE IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS OR BAKHMETEV GLASSWORKS, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1814

After the victorious end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814, the Imperial Glassworks and the Bakhmetev Factory produced a whole series of items, including tumblers, mugs and goblets, devoted to war heroes and events. They were decorated with portraits of celebrated military leaders, including Count Peter Wittgenstein, Prince Mikhail Kutuzov and others, all reproduced on white glass medallions.

For similar glass beakers from the 1812 Exhibition, see Exhibition Catalogue, V. Bojovskii, Vystavka 1812 Goda, Moscow, 1913, p. 145, nos. 713-714. For other glass objects with similar inscription, see Prince A.D. Obolenskii, 150 Years of Nikolskii Bachmetevskii Crystal Factory, St Petersburg, 1914, pl. VII.