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Two Cut-Glass Beakers and a Porcelain Bowl from His Majesty's Own Service in the Cottage Palace
Lot 390

Two Cut-Glass Beakers and a Porcelain Bowl from His Majesty's Own Service in the Cottage Palace

BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, 19TH CENTURY AND THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III, DATED 1893

Closed29 November 2010

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Two Cut-Glass Beakers and a Porcelain Bowl from His Majesty's Own Service in the Cottage Palace
By the Imperial Glass Factory, St Petersburg, 19th Century and the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Alexander III, dated 1893
The circular porcelain bowl, large and small tapering cylindrical cut-glass beakers all with blue coat-of-arms of Alexandria and the motto in Russian 'For Faith Tsar and Fatherland', the bowl marked under base with underglaze green factory mark, the beakers apparently unmarked
The beakers 3 3/8 in. high and smaller; the bowl, 10 in. diam. (3)

The beakers, Christie's, London, 15 December 2000, lot 147.

Specialist note

The Cottage Palace Service was originally commissioned around 1830 for 'Alexandria', the summer residence of Emperor Nicholas I at Peterhof. The private estate was later given by the Emperor to his wife Alexandra Feodorovna. The shield motif, reflecting the Gothic taste of the time, was designed by V. Zhukovskii and was inspired by the Magic of the White Rose festival, dedicated to the birthday of the Prussian-born Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, which took place 13 July 1829 at Sanssousi in Potsdam.