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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASES THE GLASS FROM THE IMPERIAL GLASS FACTORY, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY AFTER A DESIGN BY IVAN IVANOV Each mounted by winged swan handles issuing from acanthus leaves, one glass vase with small crack behind one of the swan mounts 13 in. (33 cm.) high
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 2005, lot 479.
Glassware from the Imperial glass factory was unrivalled during the Russian Empire period and, known as 'Russian stone' (see note to lot 124). A pair of related vases is at the State History Museum, Moscow (see A. Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moscow/Paris, 2000, illustrated p. 84), whilst a single example was sold; Christie's, London, 10 June 2004, lot 88 (£31,070, including premium).