Cylindrical glass made of transparent colourless glass. The glass body is decorated with octagonal elongated margin with black and white printed portrait of Emperor Nicholas I in general’s dress-coat, with ribbon and star of the St. Andrew the First-Called order, the 1^st Class St. Vladimir order (1823), connected with the badge of the English Order of the Garter (1827), the Netherlands Lion order (1819) and the medal "For Russian -Turkish War of 1828-1829".
The portrait, based on one of the original engravings by F. Kruger (1797-1857), is located in oval medallion with the inscription in Cyrillic circle wise and is flanked by the trophies in the form of banners, cannons and cannonballs. The margin is surrounded by gold border. The glass opposite side by gold and silver painted comprised from foliage offshoots with flowers and leaves. Gold layer emphasizes the bottom and the welt.

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