Live Auction 21919An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASE
Lot 49

A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASE

THE GLASS FROM THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AFTER A DESIGN BY IVAN IVANOV

Closed9 February 2023

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GBP 4,410

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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASE
THE GLASS FROM THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AFTER A DESIGN BY IVAN IVANOV
The faceted body with waisted neck and out-scrolled rim cast with floral band and beading, flanked by swan handles issuing from acanthus leaves, on a turned waisted socle with spreading base and square cut-cornered plinth with beaded circular feet
13 1/2 in. (33.5 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 December 2006, lot 9.

Specialist note


Glassware from the Imperial glass factory was unrivalled during the Russian Empire period and, known as 'Russian stone'. A pair of related vases is at the State History Museum, Moscow (see A. Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moscow/Paris, 2000, illustrated p. 84), whilst a single example was sold; Christie's, London, 10 June 2004, lot 88 (£31,070, including premium).