Russian Glass Art and Ceramic Art

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

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    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.

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    Инв.15811/ДПИ