GOBLET WITH LID
Creator(s): Imperial Glass Manufactory (Attributed to)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Bowl is ribbed is circular fashion with a gilded rim. On front a medallion on white glass with gilt edge has imperial crown and monogram of Alexander I, the date 1814 and an inscription referring to the taking of Paris by Russian troops during the Napoleonic wars. There is triangular gilding around the base of the bowl. Cover has ribbing in a circular fashion and a half-gilded knop.
- Object name:
- GOBLET WITH LID
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1814-1830
- Size:
- 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.21.1-2
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION Likui Moskva v parizhe Ross vziat 19 marta 1814. face of bowl Translation: Rejoice Moscow, Paris was taken by the Russians on March 19, 1814.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973