A Russian Porcelain Military Plate From the Prussian Series. Imperial Porcelain...

Description

A Russian Porcelain Military Plate From the Prussian Series
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, Period of Nicholas I (1825-1855)
9-3/8 inches (23.8 cm)

PROVENANCE:
A La Vieille Russie, New York.

EXHIBITED:
An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars - Peterhof, A La Vieille Russie: New York, March 14 - April 20, 1991, cat. no. 124.

ILLUSTRATED:
An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars - Peterhof, (Exhibition Catalog) Schaffer, P. (ed.), A La Vieille Russie: New York, 1991, illus. 124 , p. 73;
ГУРЕВИЧ, Д., ХМЕЛЬНИЦСКАЯ, Е., ВОЕННЫЕ СЮЖЕТЫ РУССКОГО ИМПЕРАТОРСКОГО ФАРФОРА XIX- НАЧАЛА XX ВЕКА, ТОМ. 1, МОСКВА: 2025, НОМ. 21, П. 33;
ГУРЕВИЧ, Д., ХМЕЛЬНИЦСКАЯ, Е., ВОЕННЫЕ СЮЖЕТЫ РУССКОГО ИМПЕРАТОРСКОГО ФАРФОРА XIX- НАЧАЛА XX ВЕКА, ТОМ. 3, МОСКВА: 2025, НОМ. 13, П. 218.

LITERATURE:
ГУРЕВИЧ, Д., ХМЕЛЬНИЦСКАЯ, Е., ВОЕННЫЕ СЮЖЕТЫ РУССКОГО ИМПЕРАТОРСКОГО ФАРФОРА XIX- НАЧАЛА XX ВЕКА, ТОМ. 3, МОСКВА: 2025;
An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars - Peterhof, (Exhibition Catalog) Schaffer, P. (ed.), A La Vieille Russie: New York, 1991.


This plate from the "Prussian Series" depicts a pioneer of the 7th Pioneer Detachment and a non-commissioned officer of the 7th Artillery Brigade of the Royal Prussian Army. Created during the reign of Nicholas I by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersburg, the plate is dated 1831, and signed by V. Shchetinin, with a further inscription in German in black overglaze, reading: "7te Pionier Abtheilung. 7te Artillerie Brigade (Unterofficier.)". The source material for this plate comes from sheet 60 of the album "Das preussische Heer: herausgegeben und Sr. Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III." By Ludwig Elsholtz, Johann Karl Schultz, and Carl Rechlin, Published by L. Sachse & Co., Berlin, 1830.


Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000.

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