RUSSIA - VODKA SERVICE SET comprising a baluster-shaped cara - Lot 172

RUSSIA - VODKA SERVICE SET comprising a baluster-shaped carafe with its stopper and two liqueur glasses, in glass with polychrome and gilded enamel decoration of proverbs in Cyrillic including "Boire du chagrin, mais ne boire pas le double", the base of the glasses in blue glass. Imperial Glass Manufactory, St. Petersburg, reign of Alexander III (1881-1894). The glasses are marked below the base by hand in white with the cipher of Tsar Alexander III, the decanter is unmarked. The carafe glass is slightly whitened. H. 15 cm (carafe); H. 4.5 cm (glass). Related work: A similar decanter is kept at the Pan-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts in Moscow. Expert | Maxime CHARRON