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A RARE COMMEMORATIVE CUT-GLASS GOBLET AND COVER
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A RARE COMMEMORATIVE CUT-GLASS GOBLET AND COVER

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

Closed23 November 2020

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A RARE COMMEMORATIVE CUT-GLASS GOBLET AND COVER
BY THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY OR BAKHMETEV GLASS FACTORY, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1814
Funnel-shaped bowl cut with fine diamond pattern, with wide gilt rim, with a circular white glass medallion within a gilt edge, painted with a figure of an angel blowing a trumpet and holding a laurel wreath, above a stylised map of Europe inscribed in Russian with names of cities and dates of the main battles in the Napoleonic Wars, the foot with pie-crust edge, with a detachable cover surmounted by a finial, apparently unmarked
6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high, with cover

Specialist note

After the victorious end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814, the Imperial Glass Factory and the Bakhmetev Glass Factory produced a whole series of items, including tumblers, mugs and goblets, devoted to war heroes and events. They were decorated with portraits of celebrated military leaders, and allegorical scenes commemorating the victory of the Allied troops.

For a similar glass goblet with cover, see T. Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th - early 20th centuries, St Petersburg, 2009, p. 123.