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A RARE COMMEMORATIVE GLASS BEAKER
Lot 310

A RARE COMMEMORATIVE GLASS BEAKER

BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY OR THE BAKHMETEV GLASS FACTORY, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1814

Closed3 June 2019

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A RARE COMMEMORATIVE GLASS BEAKER
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY OR THE BAKHMETEV GLASS FACTORY, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1814
Of cylindrical form, with wide gilt rim above a circular white glass medallion within a gilt edge, painted in sepia tones with a miniature of Count Platov (1751-1818) and inscribed in Russian 'Count Platov.', apparently unmarked
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high

Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov was the Ataman of the Don Cossack Voisko during the Napoleonic Wars. He promised to give his daughter away to whomever could bring him Napoleon, dead or alive.