AUCTION # 30: RUSSIAN APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ART

A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL RUBY COLOR GLASS FACTORY LIDDED BOWL, 18 C.

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Start price: $1,500

Estimated price: $2,000 - $3,000

Buyer's premium:

End of the 18th-century gold ruby hand-blown glass, painted with gold. Probably by the Potemkin Factory.
Provenance: private collection, USA.
Footnote: A similar style ruby glass bowl is depicted in the IMPERIAL RUSSIAN GLASS FACTORY album by T. A. Mailinina, page # 77.
Provenance: private collection, USA.

Dimensions: H: 5 1/2 in., (14 cm.)
Condition: No chips or cracks, gilding partially lost