Sold for:
$2,813
$2,813
LOT NOTES : The Potemkin Glass Factory was presented to Prince Grigory Potemkin in 1777 by Empress Catherine the Great, and returned to the state after Potemkin s death, at which point it was renamed the Imperial Glass Factory. LITERATURE : Tamara Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th-early 20th century (St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishers, 2009), p. 89, 262-263, ill. p. 263 the faceted sides of the each cylindrical glass are ornamented with gilded decoration featuring people strolling amid stylized landscapes, the figures are surrounded by scrolling vegetation and C-scrolls, height of each: c. 9.3 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2015-02-28
