Pair of Russian Ormolu Mounted Fluted White Opaline Crystal Covered Bottles

While Napoleon's armies never conquered Russian, French taste did, and in a big way. This pair made at the Imperial Glass Workshop, under the Sponsorship of the Imperial Family would have been at home in a Paris drawing room as easily as in St. Petersburg. The Intense Ruby Red color of the Crystal is created by adding large quantities of gold to the molten glass before the object is created. The resulting color is dense yet full of light just like its namesake the precious jewel. The Dore bronze mounts use motifs taken from antiquity. Likewise, the shape of the handles is inspired by Greco-Roman amphora...

A Magnificent Pair of Russian Cobalt Blue Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Vases, Louis XVI Period. Each of these vases, showcases the highest level of c...

Pair of perfume bottles with their ball-shaped stoppers in “bulle de savon” (soap bubble) Opaline. They are each decorated with a frieze of gol...

Small perfume bottle in white opaline with a ball-shaped stopper. Golden stripes, gold, and a dark blue wreath of roses, anemones, and forget-me-...