DECANTER
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Green glass decanter has a glass stopper. There are gilded bands around the base, the body, the neck, the lip and the stopper. The gilding on the stopper is decorated with laurel leaves with a rosette on top. Gilding about the body is embellished with a rosette, classical forms, and lions. On the front the gold band forms the frame of a medallion enameled white and painted with the bust of the general Matvei Ivanovich Platov. The presence of striations and bubbles suggests that the decanter is hand-blown.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.210.1-2
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Mark resembles a cursive letter F and appears on the base of the decanter. INSCRIPTION М. И. ПЛАТОВЪ. [M.I. Platov.] [In gold under medallion]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973