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a set of twelve russian glass cups and a matching bowl, imperial glassworks, st. petersburg, 19th century
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- height of glasses 2 3/4 in. 7 cm diameter of bowl 9 in. 22.6 cm
each piece with an enameled gold foil gilded with the Imperial monogram A.F. for Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1798-1860), wife of Nicholas I
Provenance
Sold by Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, March 31st, 1932: Hammer Collection.
Catalogue Note
Examples of this service, which was first produced by the Imperial Glassworks in 1824 for Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna (later Empress and wife of Nicholas I) are preserved at Hillwood Museum, Washington D.C. See, Karen L. Kettering, Russian Glass at Hillwood, fig.24.