LIQUEUR GLASS WITH TRANSFER PRINTED PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS I
Creator(s): Imperial Glass Manufactory (Attributed to)
On view in: Passageway to Dining Room
About this object
This liqueur glass in dark, blueish-green glass is composed of a plain bowl, faceted stem, and a plain foot with a gilt rim. Around the edge of the bowl is a gilt band. The lower half of the bowl is cut into 15 facets and is decorated on one side with a transfer print of Nicholas I. s a bust-length portrait of Nicholas I, looking left, set within a wreath made of laurel and oak leaves. He wears a uniform with epaulets and a single order on his chest. The reverse side is embellished with a decorative leaves and berries in gilt, similar to that on the body of the decanter.
- Object name:
- LIQUEUR GLASS WITH TRANSFER PRINTED PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS I
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1840
- Size:
- 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.198.3
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973