A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ICE CREAM GLASS BOWLS AND SAUCERS, POTEMKIN GLASS FACTORY [LATER THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY], 1790S the sloping faceted sides of the cylindrical bowl are ornamented with gilded decoration featuring elegantly-clad couples strolling amid stylized landscapes, the figures are surrounded by scrolling vegetation and C-scrolls, the saucers with faceted edges and gilded rims, diameter of bowl: 12.6 cm (5 in.), diameter of saucer: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.)
LOT NOTES The Potemkin Glass Factory was presented to Prince Grigory Potemkin in 1777 by Empress Catherine the Great, and returned to the state after Potemkin`s death, at which point it was renamed the Imperial Glass Factory.
LITERATURE Tamara Malinina, Imperial Glass Factory 18th-early 20th century, (St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishers, 2009), p. 89, 262-263, ill. p. 264
