A GLASS VODKA DECANTER AND SIX GLASSES
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A GLASS VODKA DECANTER AND SIX GLASSES

BY THE GUS CRYSTAL WORKS, MOSCOW REGION, CIRCA 1913

Fermé7 June 2021

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A GLASS VODKA DECANTER AND SIX GLASSES
BY THE GUS CRYSTAL WORKS, MOSCOW REGION, CIRCA 1913
After the design by Fyodr Schechtel, the vodka decanter, rectangular, one side engraved with a Romanov griffin bearing the cypher of Catherine the Great, another side engraved with an Imperial double-headed eagle centring the same cypher, the two other sides engraved with a rose; the vodka glasses, of tapering square form, similarly engraved, all apparently unmarked
The decanter, 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

The present set was produced to mark the Romanov Tercentenary in 1913. The decanter and glasses are decorated with the distinctive images representing Romanov dynasty, and were designed by the famous architect Fyodr Schechtel.