CHAMPAGNE GLASS
Creator(s): Bakhmetev Glassworks (Attributed to)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Bowl is ribbed horizonatally. Lip is gilded. On front is a white glass oval medallion with a gilded edge. On the medallion in gold are the imperial crown and the monogram of Alexander I (A1) above an inscription dated 1814 and referring to taking of Paris in that year.
- Object name:
- CHAMPAGNE GLASS
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Nikolsk, Russia
- Date made:
- 1814-1830
- Size:
- 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.23
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM AI [for Alexander I] INSCRIPTION "V pamiat' vziatiia Parizha 19 Marta 1814" [In gilt on white glass medallion on front of glass; trans.: In memory of the taking of Paris on March 19, 1814]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973