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FIVE GLASSES FROM A BANQUET SERVICE
Lot 38

FIVE GLASSES FROM A BANQUET SERVICE

BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST. PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed10 June 2010

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GBP 10,625

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FIVE GLASSES FROM A BANQUET SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST. PETERSBURG, MID-19TH CENTURY
With fluted sides, each with an enamelled gold foil inclusion depicting the conjoined arms of the Naryshkin and Czetwertynski families, comprising: a champagne flute, two wine glasses and a two liqueur glasses
The champagne flute -- 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high (5)

Specialist note

This service may have belonged to Dmitry Lvovich Naryshkin (1764-1838) and his wife Maria, née Czetwertynska (1779-1854), a mistress of Alexander I. A decanter from this service was sold Christie's New York, A Marriage of Collections: Property of Dr. and Mrs. Tarshis, 21 April 2010, lot 9.