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ROYAL IMPERIAL GLASS MANUFACTORY of St Petersburg, attribute…
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ROYAL IMPERIAL GLASS MANUFACTORY of St Petersburg, attribute…
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Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
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Description
ROYAL IMPERIAL GLASS MANUFACTORY of St Petersburg, attributed to
A pair of amethyst-coloured crystal pot-pourri vases, cut in a diamond-point pattern, with two handles. The mount is in chiselled, gilded and openwork bronze with a foliage motif. On a circular base.
Late 18th–early 19th century.
Height: 13 cm
(restorations, knocks)
Bibliography.
Nina Birjukowa, Applied Arts at the Hermitage, Leningrad 1986, pp. 289–290.
Note. In Russia, glassmaking enjoyed a period of great splendour between the second half of the 18th century and the 19th century, notably under the impetus of the Imperial Manufactory in St Petersburg. This pair of vases bears witness to the technical mastery and imagination of the period’s designers: the use of tinted glass, in an amethyst shade and complemented by a gilded bronze decoration of neoclassical inspiration, is typical of Russian production. Most of the pieces produced by the manufactory were intended for the imperial residences, but some were also used as diplomatic gifts.
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