CHAMPAGNE GLASS
Creator(s): Bakhmetev Glassworks (Attributed to)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
The lip of the goblet is cut in and completely gilded. On front of the bowl is an oval medallion in white glass with a gilt edge containing the cipher of Alexander I topped by the imperial crown. Below this is the inscription: "Paris was taken 19 March. Peace was granted to France and all rejoiced May 18, 1814." The bowl of the glass is ornately cut. A thin band at the top is cut in a diamond pattern followed by a clear area. Below this is a wide band of vertical cuts with a fin-shaped profile and a second clear zone. A series of horizontal cuts with a fin-shaped profile end the bowl. A knop-like device where the bowl meets the stem is cut like a faceted wreath. Stem is eight sided and knop is faceted. The foot is cut in pie crust like outline and is smooth on the underside.
- Object name:
- CHAMPAGNE GLASS
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Nikolsk, Russia
- Date made:
- 1814-1830
- Size:
- 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.215
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM [cipher of Alexander I] [in tooled gilt on white glass medallion / Crown is extensively tooled.] INSCRIPTIONS Parizh" vziat' 19 marta / darovan" mir" Frantsii / i vsei vselennoi / 18 maia 1814 [In gilt Cyrillic script on white glass medallion; Trans: Paris was taken on March 19. Peace was granted to France and all rejoiced on May 18, 1814.]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973