Shot glass with the portrait of Emperor Nicholas I
Shot glass with the portrait of Emperor Nicholas I
Russian Empire, Saint Petersburg
The 1830-1840s
Imperial Glass Factory
Crystal, transparent colorless; blowing, grinding, engraving, silver etching (yellow transparent coating), faceting
Height 14.4 cm, diameter 8.5 cm
Tulip-shaped shot-glass of colorless transparent crystal, on a jagged base. The shot glass body is decorated with two round medallions, one of which is adorned with a chest portrait of Emperor Nicholas I in a general military dress-coat, placed on a yellow background and made with deep matte engraving technique. The other medallion resembles an epaulette in shape – a smooth centre field framed by a ‘fringe’. Two-part rectangular reserves filled with diamond facets in the shape of an octagonal truncated pyramid – a ‘Russian stone’ with a partial yellow transparent coating on the surface are between the medallions. The same coating adorns the faceted shot glass base of the foot. Lips’ edge is facet shaped.
6626/ДПИ