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Covered Beaker
23.12.1-2
On display

GLASSWARE
Drinking Vessel
Maker unknown
RUSSIA
1749-1761
Glass
H. 9 in., Dia. 4 3/4 in.

During the reign of Empress Elizabeth I (1741-1761), the St. Petersburg Glassworks operated under state control. As was customary during her reign, Elizabeth’s crowned cipher appears on the manufactory’s objects. Two additional medallions decorate this goblet. The first medallion has an engraved bust of Empress Elizabeth I. The second medallion has what appears to be a double-headed eagle painted in black with the image of St. George and the Dragon in gold on its breast.

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973

2 Related Publications

A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum
Odom, Anne and Arend, Liana Paredes
Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia
1998
Russian Glass at Hillwood
Kettering, Karen L.
Hillwood Museum & Gardens
2001
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