Imperial symbols were traditional subjects of decoration of the 18th-and 19th-century court tableware. A contemporary craftsman engraved his work with the Russian Imperial Coat-of-Arms and the monogram of Nicholas II. Excellent engraving attests to the skill of this modern craftsman who achieved the same level of perfection as the artists of old times. He used the technique of diamond facet emphasizing the decorative quality of two-layered glass.

Glass.
Height 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm),
diam. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm).
Hand-engraved.