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AN ENAMELLED GLASS GOBLET AND A TEA-CADDY
Lot 314 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CANADIAN COLLECTION

AN ENAMELLED GLASS GOBLET AND A TEA-CADDY

THE TEA-CADDY, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II; THE GOBLET, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III, BOTH BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST PETERSBURG

Closed5 June 2017

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GBP 5,625

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AN ENAMELLED GLASS GOBLET AND A TEA-CADDY
THE TEA-CADDY, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II; THE GOBLET, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III, BOTH BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS WORKS, ST PETERSBURG
The tea-caddy of tapering form, the yellow glass body enamelled overall with geometric and foliate design in Egyptian style, within beaded and gilt borders, the detachable cover similarly decorated, marked under base; the glass goblet of conical shape, enamelled with flowers and scrolling foliage, on a tapering foot with a gilt rim, marked under base
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high and smaller

Acquired by the mother of the present owner in Moscow in the 1950s.

Specialist note

For a comparable vase in the Egyptian style and a similarly designed goblet from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, see T. Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th - early 20th centuries, St Petersburg, 2009, p. 249 and p. 295.