Russian Glass Art and Ceramic Art

Tea caddy with detachable lid and stopper from the Bakhmetevs set

    Tea caddy with detachable lid and stopper from the Bakhmetevs set

    Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg

    The 1840-1890s

    Imperial Glass Factory

    Translucent colourless crystal, white metal, cork; glassblowing, faceting, grinding

    14.2 x 12.0 x 8.2 cm

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    Tetrahedral colourless translucent crystal tea caddy with wide front and narrow side walls, with rounded shoulders merging into narrow short cylindrical throat in white metal setting, with white metal stopper with ring and round detachable lid. The tea caddy body is decorated with the so-called “Bakhmetevs facet” comprised from oval smoothly polished low vertical reliefs ("bamboo") with oval "lenses" and "stars", with the top and bottom framed by the moulding comprised of truncated pyramidal elements (“stones” or “strawberry diamonds”). The shoulders of the caddy are processed with the "stepped" facet, part of the throat without rim is polished in the form of lozenges. Metal throat rim, lid and cork stopper are smooth and décor free.

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    Инв.8104.1-3/ДПИ