Glass with the portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, (upon the lithography by R. Dragunov)
Glass with the portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, (upon the lithography by R. Dragunov)
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
The 1840s
P. Semechkin and K. Terebenev workshop
Translucent colorless glass; blowing, decalcomania, gold and silver painting
Height 8.0 cm, diameter 6.7 cm
A glass of cylindrical shape made of colorless translucent glass. The glass body is decorated with octagonal elongated reserve with black and white chest-high profile portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna. The wife of the Russian crown prince is depicted wearing high diadem coronet, with ribbon of the Order on her shoulder. The portrait, executed from the lithograph made in 1841 by R. F. Dragunov, is placed in oval medallion with putti sitting on it, banners and oak branches on the sides. Cyrillic inscription is in the frame at the reserve bottom. The opposite side of the glass is decorated with executed in silver painted ornament of quadrifoils with stylized flowers, berries and friezes of stylized pearl-shaped beads. The base and rim are emphasized with gold filigree
Инв.1899/ДПИ