Paperweight with the portrait of Emperor Alexander III
Paperweight with the portrait of Emperor Alexander III
Russian Empire, Oryol Province, Bryansk District, village of Dyatkovo
The 1880s
Dyatkovsky Crystal Factory (?)
Transparent colorless glass, stained glass, paste; glass blowing, cameo parfling
Height 5.0 cm, diameter 7.1 cm
A paperweight made of colourless transparent glass in a hemispherical shape. Inside, on a coloured speckled background, there is a bust portrait of Emperor Alexander III with an order ribbon across his right shoulder, with the Order of St. George on his neck and the Prussian Order Pour le Mérite (For Merit). The portrait is made of white paste using the cameo parfling technique. The portrait is based on a painting by N. Schilder; the 1880s.
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