Workshop of K. I. Terebenev and P. P. Semechkina, St. Petersburg, around 1840. Russia.

Cobalt glass, overprint, silver and gold decoration. H 8.5 cm.

Cylindrical beaker with an overprint depicting a Watteau scene on a white enamel ground on the front, floral gold and silver painting on the reverse; pontil mark. Chip and minimal chips to the rim.

The cup is a typical example of products from the workshop of K. I. Terebenev and P. P. Semechkin workshop, which was active in St. Petersburg in the late 1830s-1840s. The widely known workshop specialized in the decoration of glass, porcelain and earthenware with lithographic drawings. On May 6, 1840, Terebenev and Semechkin were granted a ten-year patent for the use of this technique. They found the motifs for the drawings in Russian and foreign prints and included portraits of famous people, allegorical depictions, literary images and landscapes as well as copies of famous paintings. Similar glasses are kept in the collection of the State Historical Museum in Moscow.

Literature : Pressglas-Korrespondenz: PK 2018-1/05, p. 27 ff.; Klesse (1965), p. 64 and 300/Cat. nos. 342 and 343.