Glass products from the First and Second Gostiny excavations in Tobolsk

Anoshko O.M., Gilderman A.V.

VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII   ¹ 4 (67)  (2024)

https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2024-67-4-5   

 

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Abstract

The article introduces a collection of glassware from the First and Second Gostiny excavations in Tobolsk. Its general characteristics, and the interpretation of well-preserved and specifically significant objects and their analogies are presented, and their origin is being determined. Referring to historical data, a brief history of the emergence and development of glass production in the Tobolsk province is shown. As a result, it has been found that the Tobolsk collection contains both products from local enterprises and imported ones — domestic, including those imitating western brands, and imported, European ones; the study also traces the change in the attitude of the urban population to objects made of glass. From high-status and rare, only accessible to well-off segments of the society in the 17th — early 18th century, they turned into everyday objects in the 19th century, widespread in the urban environment. Products of European origin, as more expensive and high-quality ones, continued to represent objects of prestigious consumption, sought after to emphasize the one’s high position in society.

Keywords: Tobolsk, 17th–18th centuries, historical and archaeological sources, glass products.

 

 

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Accepted: 03.10.2024

Article is published: 15.12.2024

 

Anoshko O.M., Tyumen Scientific Centre of Siberian Branch RAS, Chervishevskiy trakt st., 13, Tyumen, 625026, Russian Federation, E-mail: okanoshko@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-8707
 

Gilderman A.V., Center of Historical and Cultural Studies “Astra”, Krasnoarmeyskaya st., 106, Chelyabinsk, 454090, Russian Federation, E-mail: gilderman.a@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4163-4730