LIQUEUR BOTTLE
Creator(s): Bakhmetev Glassworks (Attributed to)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
The flat, polished rim is gilded on its top and sides. The bottle's neck is cut in eleven even facets, these continuing onto the shoulder where they flare outward. Below this are two stepped facets about the body. The remainder of the body is cut in a very fine diamond pattern, while the front is polished and decorated with a raised white glass medallion gilded about the edge. The medallion bears an inscription in gilt (“Rejoice Moscow! Paris has been taken by the Russians, March 19, 1814”) under the cipher of Alexander I below a crown, all in tooled gilt. The stopper's rounded top is cut in a diamond pattern and the edges are gilded.
- Object name:
- LIQUEUR BOTTLE
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1814-1830
- Size:
- 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.209.1-2
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- cipher Cipher of Alexander I below a crown in gilt on white glass medallion on front of bottle The A is in cursive, the left arm composed of flowering and scrolling forms. The number I appears below the A. inscription Likui Moskva,/v"parizh" Ross'./vziat" 19 marta/1814 in gilt on white glass medallion on front of glass Translation: Rejoice Moscow, Paris has been taken by the Russians, March 19, 1814
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973