VODKA GLASS FROM THE COTTAGE SERVICE
Creator(s): V. A. Zhukovskii (Designer) , Imperial Glass Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
The small tumbler-shaped vodka glass is elaborately cut in a pattern divided into three zones. The uppermost consists of a fine diamond pattern made of intersecting lines. Reserves in the shapes of lozenges and circles have been ground into the diamond pattern and alternate about the body. Below this is a band of leaves cut and polished into fluid forms. The final, lowest section is cut into a heavy diamond pattern. The pattern on the front of the glass has been ground and atop this is a shield of blue glass rimmed in gilt decorated with a silvered sword with gilt handle. The sword stands upright and pierces a wreath of white roses interspersed with green leaves. Around the edge of the shield is the motto "For Faith, Tsar, and Fatherland." This service was made for the Gothic Cottage at Peterhof.
- Object name:
- VODKA GLASS FROM THE COTTAGE SERVICE
- Made from:
- Glass -- enamel -- gilding
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- After 1829
- Size:
- 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.54
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION Za veru. tsaria. i _ Otechestvo (For Faith, Tsar, and Fatherland) In gilt on blue glass on front of tumbler.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973