Vodka fitment: decanter with stopper and short glasses
Vodka fitment: decanter with stopper and short glasses
Russian Empire
Last third of the 19th century
Transparent colourless glass; blowing, gold polychrome enamels' painting
Decanter height 33.5 cm; short glasses height 4 cm (each)
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Decanter from transparent colourless glass with ball-shaped body that smoothly merges in short cylindrical neck with flat spout, with friction-fitted stopper with flat round finial. Decanter body is adorned with circumferential inscription, realized in the stylized Old Russian font: "ПЕЙ ПО ТРИ РАЗА ВЪ СУТКИ, БЕЗО ВСЯКОЙ СМУТКИ". The inscription is enclosed in rectangular frame and rimmed by the belts of geometric patterns’. Two thin golden layers with pearls-shaped belt between them are on decanter throat; the body bottom part is underlined by gold layering. The colouristic scheme is based on the combination of red, blue and white colours.
Transparent short glasses are of plumpish-conical shape with thick bottom. The shot glasses bodies are decorated with circumferential inscription performed in the stylized Old Russian font: "БЫЛЪ КОГДА МИЛЪ ТОГДА ПОЛЫНЬ" - on one shot glass, and - "КОГДА ПЬЯНЪ ТАКЪ КАПИТАНЪ" on the other one. Pearls-shaped belt is above the inscription, belt with geometric patterns is below. The colouristic scheme is based on the combination of red and white colours.
Decanter and shot glasses are realized in the Russian style.
Инв.1204/ДПИ; Инв.1423/ДПИ