Wine glass with the Bakhmetevs facet and monogram “ГТ” on armorial shield
Wine glass with the Bakhmetevs facet and monogram “ГТ” on armorial shield
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
Second half of the 19th century
Imperial Glass Factory
Transparent colourless crystal; blowing, faceting, grinding, engraving
Height 9.5 cm, diameter 5.2 cm
Colourless transparent crystal wine glass with cylindrical cup on decahedral stem and round base, with scalloped edge. The cup surface is decorated with the Bakhmetevs facet that consists of oval smoothly polished low vertical reliefs ("bamboos") with oval "lenses" and "stars", framed with moulding of truncated pyramidal elements ("stone" or "strawberry diamond") from bottom and top.Monogram “ГТ” in smooth ornately shaped armorial shield is on the front side. The cup bottom edge and lips’ edge are emphasized with smooth facet. The base is adorned with “diamond star” facet.
Инв.15811/ДПИ