A GROUP OF TEN RUSSIAN IMPERIAL GLASS TUMBLERS, POTEMKIN GLASS FACTORY [LATER THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY], 1790S the faceted sides of the each cylindrical glass are ornamented with gilded decoration featuring people strolling amid stylized landscapes, the figures are surrounded by scrolling vegetation and C-scrolls, height of each: c. 9.3 cm (3 5/8 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. 266
