WINE GLASS
Creator(s): Glassworks of Prince Potemkin (Attributed to)
On view in: Passageway to Dining Room
About this object
From the flat round foot the stem rises and opens out to form the wine cup proper. Glass is decorated in silver. On the front is a medallion containing a monogram in Cyrillic letters and surrounded by swags of leaves and flowers. Around the rim is a leaf border within two silver bands. Edge also in silver.
- Object name:
- WINE GLASS
- Made from:
- Glass -- silver
- Made in:
- Ozerki, Russia
- Date made:
- 1777-1796
- Size:
- 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.17
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- monogram G P M [In Cyrillic in silver floriated initials on bowl]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973