Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
A porcelain military plate, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, 1887
Lot Closed
October 17, 06:57 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 and horseback, the infantries and brigades of which are inscribed on the reverse in Cyrillic:
27-я Пехотная Дивизия с Артиллерией
105 Пехотный Оренбургский Полк
106 Уфимский Полк
107Троицкий Полк
108 Саратовский Полк
27-я Артиллерийская Бригада
С картины Шарлеманя Ф.Тарачков
1887
Translation:
27th Infantry Division with Artillery
105 Orenburg Infantry Regiment
106 Ufa Infantry Regiment
107 Trinity Infantry Regiment
108 Saratov Infantry Regiment
27th Artillery Brigade
From a Charlemagne painting by F. Tarachkov
1887
signed on the reverse and stamped with green crowned imperial cypher for Alexander III, dated 1887
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. 5
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.