Lot Essay
For a comparable blue glass bottle with the cypher of Emperor Paul I, see Exhibition Catalogue, Russian Glass of the 17th-20th Centuries, Corning, 1990, no. 23.
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THE GOBLETS, BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, RUSSIA, 18TH CENTURY; THE BOTTLES, RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY; THE DISHES, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1893
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A GROUP OF TWO GLASS GOBLETS, TWO COBALT BLUE GLASS BOTTLES AND A PAIR OF PORCELAIN BUTTER-DISHES FROM THE CORONATION SERVICE
THE GOBLETS, BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, RUSSIA, 18TH CENTURY; THE BOTTLES, RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY; THE DISHES, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1893
The goblets, each with faceted body, one engraved with the cypher of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, Imperial double-headed eagle and military trophies, another engraved with the cypher and portrait of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna; one cobalt blue glass bottle painted with the Imperial double-headed eagle and cypher of Emperor Alexander I, the other enamelled with Russian and French arms, commemorating Franco-Russian Alliance; the butter-dishes painted with a black Imperial double-headed eagle, with gilt rim, marked under bases with green underglaze factory marks; together with a glass goblet from the period of Nicholas II (broken)
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high and smaller
THE GOBLETS, BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, RUSSIA, 18TH CENTURY; THE BOTTLES, RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY; THE DISHES, BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 1893
The goblets, each with faceted body, one engraved with the cypher of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, Imperial double-headed eagle and military trophies, another engraved with the cypher and portrait of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna; one cobalt blue glass bottle painted with the Imperial double-headed eagle and cypher of Emperor Alexander I, the other enamelled with Russian and French arms, commemorating Franco-Russian Alliance; the butter-dishes painted with a black Imperial double-headed eagle, with gilt rim, marked under bases with green underglaze factory marks; together with a glass goblet from the period of Nicholas II (broken)
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high and smaller
Provenance
Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
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