cut with wavy leaf trails and diaper pattern, the front with raised blue shield with the arms and motto of the Cottage Palace

One of the glasses with glass disease. The stopper associated and chipped.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

For his consort Alexandra Feodorovna, Emperor Nicholas I commissioned a cottage. Scottish architect Adam Menelaws was recruited to build a small Gothic Revival house outside the Russian capital. Unlike the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, which housed an enormous entourage, the Cottage Palace in Alexandria Park, as it is now known, was small enough to exclude all but members of the Imperial family. It was said of Alexandra Feodorovna that she disliked the posturing and pressures of courtly life. The Cottage became her and Nicholas’ homely retreat, a place from which the Imperial family projected an image of domesticity, and the setting for private parties.

The Cottage Palace Service, originally Her Majesty’s Own Service, was produced by Imperial Glassworks specifically for life at the Cottage. Its blue shield with the inscription 'For Faith, Tsar, and Fatherland' is the Cottage’s coat of arms. The shield was designed by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky, a personal friend of Pushkin who delivered correspondence from Russia’s greatest writer to Nicholas I. The shield’s medieval motifs correlate with the Gothic Revival style of the Cottage. It is emblematic of Alexandra Feodorovna’s German roots and mythic 🎶past, which the Cottage Palace Service celebrates alongside a devotional message to the monarchy.