This wine glass is made by a contemporary artist of cobalt glass, which has been traditionally fashionable in Russia since the reign of Catherine II in the second half of the 18th century. The glass displays the engraved and gilded representation of a double-headed Eagle, emblem of the Russian Empire. Such glasses adorned with the Russian Imperial emblem were produced by the Imperial porcelain and glass factories and presented as gifts showing the royal honor or used at formal royal dinners.

Cobalt glass. Hand-engraved.
Height 5 1/2 in. (14 cm),
diam. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm).