Antique Russian seven-piece enameled glass vodka drinking set

£12,000

This fine, antique glass Russian vodka drinking set is enameled and humorously inscribed in Cyrillic, telling the drinker 'let's drink another one!'

 

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Description

The drinking set comprises a bulbous decanter with a circular, cut glass stopper and six tumbler-style glasses. Each of the glasses is formed with a curved base and weighted so that they can be playfully rocked without spilling their contents.The set is enameled all over with geometric patterns in green, blue, red and gold, and inscribed with drinking sayings in Cyrillic.

The sayings translate as: 'The best is to drink water which has been transformed into vodka' on the decanter, and on the glasses: 'Alcohol paints your heart and face red', 'Drinking a lot will not bring you anything good', 'For your health!', 'You want to or not - you need to drink with us!', 'Not to drink means not to like your host!' and 'Let's drink another one!'.

Decanter: Height 18cm, diameter 11.5cm
Glasses: Height 5cm, diameter 4cm

Details

Country of Origin
Russian
Date of Manufacture
Late 19th Century
Period
Late 19th Century
Style
Russian Interest
Material
Enamel, Glass
Colour
Blue, Gold, Green, Multi-coloured, Red

Dimensions

Height
18 cm / 7.1 inches
Diameter
11.5 cm / 4.3 inches

Reference:
15162

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