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A SET OF ELEVEN RUSSIAN IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE COUPES, POTEMKIN GLASS FACTORY [LATER THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY], 1790S
the faceted sides of the cylindrical bowl are ornamented with gilded decoration featuring fairy tale characters and couples strolling amid stylized landscapes, the figures are surrounded by scrolling vegetation and C-scrolls, on a cut-glass stem, height: 12.8 cm (5 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, 262-263, ill. p. 263
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, 262-263, ill. p. 263
Estimate: $2,500 – $3,000
Result: $3,125 (including premium)
