Russian Glass Art and Ceramic Art

Set of shot glasses with the image of two-headed eagle, griffin and Empress Catherine II monogram

    Set of shot glasses with the image of two-headed eagle, griffin and Empress Catherine II monogram

    Russian Empire, Vladimir Province, Melenkovsky District, Gus-Khrustalny

    1913

    Fyodor Schechtel, Gusevsky Crystal Factory

    Translucent colorless glass; engraving, blowing, etching, guilloche

    Height 8.7 cm, diameter 3.0 cm

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    Set of six shot glasses of conical shape with thick bottom, made of colorless translucent glass. The images of two-headed eagle under crown, with a scepter and orb, on whose breast is the monogram of the Empress Catherine II - "EII", the Romanoff House family coat of arms in the form of a griffin-guard standing on vine shoot with the shield and sword, with the initials "EII" under the imperial crown, and a tulip flower on high stem are placed circumferentially on the walls of all shot glasses. 

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