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A GROUP OF TWENTY RUSSIAN IMPERIAL GLASSES, POTEMKIN GLASS FACTORY [LATER THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY], 1790S
of various sizes, all with faceted sides, some with gilded decoration featuring people strolling amid stylized landscapes, the figures are surrounded by scrolling vegetation and C-scrolls, height of tallest: 9 cm (3 ½ in.), height of shortest: 4.5 cm (1 ¾ in.)
LOT NOTES:
The Potemkin Glass Factory was presented to Prince Grigory Potemkin in 1777 by Empress Catherine the Great, and returned to the state after Potemkin s death, at which point it was renamed the Imperial Glass Factory.
LITERATURE:
Tamara Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th-early 20th century, (St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishers, 2009), p. 89, 262
LOT NOTES:
The Potemkin Glass Factory was presented to Prince Grigory Potemkin in 1777 by Empress Catherine the Great, and returned to the state after Potemkin s death, at which point it was renamed the Imperial Glass Factory.
LITERATURE:
Tamara Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th-early 20th century, (St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishers, 2009), p. 89, 262
Estimate: $1,500 – $2,000
Result: $1,875 (including premium)
