BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY OR THE BAKHMETEV GLASS FACTORY, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1814

After the victorious end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814, the Imperial Glass Factory and the Bakhmetev Glass 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, Count Matvei Platov and others.
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.