Sold for:
$3,125
$3,125
LOT NOTES : The Potemkin Glass Factory was presented to Prince Grigory Potemkin in 1777 by Empress Catherine the Great, and returned to the state after Potemkin’s death, at which point it was renamed the Imperial Glass Factory. LITERATURE : Tamara Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th-early 20th century (St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishers, 2009), p. 89, 262-263, ill. p. 263 the faceted sides of the cylindrical bowl are ornamented with gilded decoration featuring fairy tale characters and couples strolling amid stylized landscapes, the figures are surrounded by scrolling vegetation and C-scrolls, on a cut-glass stem, height: 12.8 cm (5 in.)
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2015-02-28
