The Soviet sculptor Vera Mukhina is most famous for her 1937 monument 'The Worker and the Peasant-girl'. When the statue was restored in the early 2000s, it was jokingly suggested that the hammer and sickle clasped by the two great figures should be replaced by Mukhina's other, equally iconic creation; the 12-sided drinking glass. The joke was apt, the paneled glass is as familiar to the Russian hand as it was dear to the Soviet heart.

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These are the Gorbachev Era 175 ml glasses (.5 cm shorter than the older glasses in a futile attempt to get Soviet citizens to drink less).

First mass-produced in 1943, these glasses were designed for durability. They would hold up not only to the clumsy or passionate toast but to the industrial dishwashers developed in the 1930s. This is not to say it wasn't also good-looking; some attribute its clean lines and satisfying proportions to the influence of the constructivist painter Kazimir Malevich. Despite its illustrious parentage, the glass isn't celebrated for its form alone. Never before and perhaps never since was a single drinking vessel as prevalent or iconic as this one. Not even the Coca-Cola glass was in such wide usage.

USSR SOVIET FACETED GLASS for VODKA, WHISKEY, SODA, or TEA and JUICE. "Granenniy Stakan". Made in USSR. Glasses are suitable for hot or cold liquids 200 ml. Glass is slightly tapered from top to bottom.

Weight: 1038g
Capacity: 5.75 fl oz (170 ml)
Material: Glass
Condition: NEW OLD STOCK, unused, in very good vintage condition. See photos for details.
Size: Height 9 cm, diameter 7 cm
Decade: Made in the Soviet Union (USSR) in the 1980s