Probably for Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, with the cipher 'MM' beneath the Imperial crown, profusely decorated with trailing vine, comprising six tall pan-topped glasses, eight coupes, twelve tumblers, eight sherry glasses, and ten green hock glasses, the tallest 15cm high (44)

Footnotes

The monogram on these glasses is almost certainly that of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich (1861-1929), grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, known to his family as 'Miche-Miche'. After a morganatic marriage in 1891, Emperor Alexander III stripped him of his titles and the couple were exiled from Russia. For some years he lived in Wiesbaden, Nassau and in Cannes. He settled permanently in England in 1900, leasing Keele Hall in Staffordshire and later Kenwood House on the outskirts of London, becoming a prominent member of British society. It is likely that this suite of glasses was commissioned shortly after his arrival in England.

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Please note that one of the green hock glasses is engraved with the ciper 'MH' beneath the Imperial crown and is has trailing vine in a slightly different style. The monogram on this glass may be that of Grand Duke Michel Nikolaevich (1832-1909), father of Michael Mikhailovich and fourth son of Tsar Nicholas I.

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