1337877

Rare Russian Catherine the Great Wine Glass #1337877

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Rare Russian Catherine the Great Wine Glass  #1337877
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A gilded 18th century treasure from Imperial Russia.</em></td>
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From the reign of Catherine II (1762-96), the rim of this classical goblet
decorated with a gilded Greek
Key
and laurel leaf border, the baluster stem on
raised square base. <p>
by the Imperial Glassworks Factory, St. Petersburg,
late 18th century.<p>
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high<p>


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Literature: For a similar glass see Hare,
The Art & Artists of Russia, pl. 153 (see image); and for
a similar example from the Orlov Service in the
Corning Museum of Glass, see Russian
Glass of the 17th-20th Centuries, New
York, 1990, p. 79.<p>

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<td>Reference
#: 36P8_7A</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good original condition: Gilding worn in places. Rim chip.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Late 18th century</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Rare Russian Catherine the Great Wine Glass </td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Lewiston, NY</td></tr>
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