A SET OF SIX GLASS DECANTERS FROM THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL MIKHAILOVICH BANQUET SERVICE, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, ST PETERSBURG, 19TH CENTURY
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A SET OF SIX GLASS DECANTERS FROM THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL MIKHAILOVICH BANQUET SERVICE, IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, ST PETERSBURG, 19TH CENTURY
facetted bodies with a ring banded neck, engraved with the Grand Duke’s Imperial lozenge-shaped cypher in Cyrillic, unmarked
(6)
height 28cm, 11in.
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The present set of decanters formed part of the collection at Ardhuncart House, Aberdeenshire. Originally commissioned for Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, this service was inherited by his daughter Lady Zia Wernher.