The faceted baluster shaped body of a deep plum-colored glass, mounted with Bacchic masks and foliate scrolling handles on a faceted cut glass base plinth on an ormolu leaf-tip cast base
14³⁄₄ in. (37¹⁄₂) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 December 2004, lot 91.

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Intriguingly called 'Russian stone', and famed for the clarity of the glass, mirror-like polish and skillful faceting, glassware from the Imperial Glass Factory was unrivalled during the Russian Empire period. The principal designer of the Imperial glass factory was Ivan Ivanov, who was responsible for most of the designs for colored glass or crystal items executed for the Imperial family (N. Thon (ed.), St Petersburg um 1800, Recklinghausen, 1990, p. 395 and p. 398).