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A CUT-GLASS DECANTER FROM A BANQUET SERVICE
Lot 117

A CUT-GLASS DECANTER FROM A BANQUET SERVICE

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

Closed16 April 2012

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A CUT-GLASS DECANTER FROM A BANQUET SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST. PETERSBURG, 19TH CENTURY
Of mallet form, with lobed sides and ring-molded waisted neck, with lobed hexafoil stopper, the body centering an enameled gold foil inclusion depicting the conjoined arms of the Naryshkin and Czetwertynski families, the rim inscribed '5,' otherwise unmarked
11¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high

Specialist note

This service may have belonged to Dmitry Lvovich Naryshkin (1764-1838) and his wife Maria, née Czetwertynska (1779-1854), a mistress of Emperor Alexander I. For similar decanters from this service, see Christie's, New York, April 24, 2009, lot 86, and A Marriage of Collections: Property of Dr. and Mrs. Tarshis, Christie's, New York, April 21, 2010, lot 9.