Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

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A porcelain military plate, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Alexander III, 1886

Lot Closed

October 17, 06:56 PM GMT

Estimate

9,000 - 13,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The border gilded and ciselé with a laurel wreath and oak wreath joined at the bottom centre by a bow-tied ribbon and meeting at the top centre with an imperial double-headed eagle, the cavetto painted after Charlemagne with soldiers on foot, the infantries and brigades of which are inscribed on the reverse in Cyrillic:


20 я Пехотная Дивизия С Артиллерией

77-й Пехотный Полк Его Императорского Величества Князя Алексея

лександровича

78 Пехотный Нагатинский Полк

79 Пехотный Куринский Полк Его Императорского Величества Князя Павла Александровича

80 й Пехотный Кабардинский Генерала Фельдмаршала Князя Барятинского

20 Артиллерийская Бригада

С карт. Шарлеманя Ф. Тарачков

1886


Translation:


20th Infantry Division with Artillery

77th Infantry Regiment of His Imperial Majesty Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich

78th Infantry Nagatino Regiment

79th Infantry Regiment of His Imperial Majesty Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich

80th Infantry Kabardian General Field Marshal Duke Baryatinsky

20th Artillery Brigade

From a Charlemagne painting by F. Tarachkov

1886


signed on the reverse and stamped with green crowned imperial cypher for Alexander III, dated 1886


diameter 9 5/8 in.; 24.5 cm

Included in The Hammer Collection

Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner.

Exhibition catalogue, The Hammer collection of Russian imperial art treasures : from the Winter Palace, Tsarskoye Selo and other royal palaces, 1933

New York, Hammer Galleries, The Hammer collection of Russian imperial art treasures: from the Winter Palace, Tsarskoye Selo and other royal palaces, 1933, no. 4

Fedor Tarachkov (1834-1898), a porcelain painter from a family of artists at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, specialised in historical and figure painting on porcelain, including vases, service ware and Easter eggs. He was appointed as a painter at the factory in 1850, an assistant master in 1854 and eventually rose to the rank of master in 1864. Throughout his time at the factory, Tarachkov won several gold and silver medals for his impressive work and distinguished services.


The present plate is painted after a painting by Adolf Charlemagne (1826-1901), one of Russia’s most renowned painters of historical and battle scenes. He completed his training at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Fyodor Bruni and Bogdan Willewalde.