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Glass, drinking
Drinking glass, standing on a high conical foot which is a later substitute for the original foot, waisted baluster stem cut into diamond and oval facets, bucket bowl cut with oval facets around the base, the bowl wheel-engraved with to one side the Russian Imperial Double Eagle surrounded by foliage and to the other side the Imperial Monogram of Tzar Nicolas II enclosed by a cartouche of banners and a crown, the wheel-engraving in-filled with black enamel and gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50878
Creation/Production
St Petersburg Imperial Glass Factory
Orlovsky, Lavr
Acquisition
Gift
Given by Mrs. E.W.T. Brewer-Williams
Measurements
Height
(cm): 21.1
diam(cm) foot:8.8 (foot)
diam(cm)
diam
(cm): 8.7
Height
(in): 8
diam(in) foot:3 7/16 (foot)
diam(in)
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
blown
forming
Applied Art
manipulated
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
cut
decoration
Applied Art
wheel-engraved
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
lead glass
enamel
gilding
Location
Gallery 22A, South : Bay 04
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