A Glass Tumbler and Flute
Lot 388

A Glass Tumbler and Flute

BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST PETERSBURG, 1840-1850

Closed29 November 2010

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A Glass Tumbler and Flute
By the Imperial Glass Works, St Petersburg, 1840-1850
The tumbler cylindrical with faceted lower section, the cobalt blue body transfer decorated with a half-length portrait, possibly of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, within a wreath of oak and laurel, surmounting an Imperial double-headed eagle and beneath an Imperial crown, inscribed and signed in Cyrillic 'G na A. Rameikova.', the reverse with gilt scrolling floral decoration, apparently unmarked; the flute on a circular foot, the tapering body with faceted lower section, transfer decorated with a scene of two couples in Eastern costume eating, drinking and playing the lyre, apparenly unmarked
The flute 6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high (2)