An extensive possibly Russian or English cut-glass part table service, 1st quarter 19th century

with strawberry-diamond cut, comprising: a pair of large coupes and covers on pedestal foot, 37 and 38 cm. high; a two-piece campana-shaped vase, 27.4 cm. high; a pair of large flaring lobed bowls, 32 cm. diam.; four various bowls; 16 rectangular dishes with canted corners in four sizes, 24.5-37.5 cm. wide; five various dishes; 34 plates; 38 decanters in two sizes; 10 stoppers; 9 flutes; 12 glasses in two sizes; 11 tumblers in three sizes; 4 punch glasses; together with 7 items with different cut; damages and chips (161)

Paleis Soestdijk, Koningin Anna Paulowna

The inventory of this glass service is MU7605. The service clearly has been in use. Overall the rims, edges, cut-diamonds and corners with fritting, chips and some small losses. Some wear or scratches to the bases of items. Possibly some rims polished. -One of the large pedestal coupes with a loss to a section of the convex lobed border (ca. 18 cm. wide) and a loss to one lobe; the other coupe with a loss to one lobe of the border; one stand with a chipped section of the foot rim. -One rectangular dish with canted corners (25.5 cm. wide) made of thinner glass, one with a border crack. -The decanters with some damages to the upper border (eg. one with part of the upper border lacking, one with a bruise, one with a small loss and a crack, one reduced and with a crack). The stoppers very chipped and with losses. -One of the 5 glasses with more heavily chipped rim and of lower height. Of 7 smaller glasses five with reduced rim. Detailed description of items: -a pair of large coupes and covers on pedestal foot, 37 and 38 cm. high; -a two-piece campana-shaped vase, 27.4 cm. high; -a pair of large flaring lobed bowls, 32 cm. diam.; -a deep bowl with flaring rim, 23.4 cm. diam.; -a pair of deep rectangular bowls with canted corners, 14.5 and 15 cm. high; -a low rectangular bowl with canted corners and scalloped border, 22 cm. wide; -a pair rectangular dishes with canted corners, 37.5 cm. wide; -one en suite, 29.2 cm. wide; -six en suite, 25.5 cm. wide; -seven en suite, 24.5 cm. wide; -a pair of square dishes, 20.5 and 21 cm. wide; -three various circular dishes, 25.8, 28 and 29.2 cm. diam.; -34 plates, circa 23.5 cm. diam. (varying angles of borders); -27 large decanters, 23.5 cm. high; -11 decanters, 20.5 cm. high; -10 stoppers in various sizes; -9 flutes, 17.3 cm. high; -5 glasses with bucket bowl and rosette-shaped foot, 14.2-14.8 cm. high; -7 glasses en suite, 11.1-11.4 cm. high; -3 beakers, 11.3 cm. high; -1 tumbler, 8.7 cm. high; -7 tumblers, 7.7 cm. high; -4 punch glasses; together with items with different cut, including; -a top section of a large vase, 32.5 cm. diam.; -4 pedestal coupes, 17.7 cm. high; -a pair of pedestal bowls, 13.5 cm. high. The total number of items is 161.
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By repute this glass service was part of the dowry of Anna Paulowna (1795-1865), the daughter of the Russian czar Paul I. On February 21, 1816, she married the later King Willem II (1792-1849) in St. Petersburg. The Royal couple resided in Brussels and The Hague. After 1830 many of her belongings were moved from Brussels to their summer residence Paleis Soestdijk, including a St. Petersburg Imperial Porcelain dinner service from her dowry. The inventory of the dowry does list decanters and glasses as 'effets pour la table en verre taillé', vases 'pour le Dessert' and a 'service de verre taillé pour le laitage', but the exact reference for this service, and thereby place of manufactory (possibly England or Russia), cannot be determined at present.