A rare Moscow porcelain plate from the service for the Order of St. George - image-1
A rare Moscow porcelain plate from the service for the Order of St. George - image-2
A rare Moscow porcelain plate from the service for the Order of St. George - image-1A rare Moscow porcelain plate from the service for the Order of St. George - image-2

Lot 521 Dα

A rare Moscow porcelain plate from the service for the Order of St. George

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
15.05.2018, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.092 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Moscow porcelain plate from the service for the Order of St. George

Decorated to the centre with the star of the Order and the conjoined monogram "TC" for Saint George, inscribed in Cyrillic "For Service and Courage". Bordered by the black and red ribbon of the Order entwined with trendrils and suspending the white cross. Blue G mark, impressed star and 4. Chips to the basal ring, a restored rim chip. D 23.9 cm.
After 1777.

The Gardner manufactory in Moscow began producing high quality porcelain comparable to that of the Imperial manufactory just ten years after its founding. Tsarina Catherine ordered three extensive dinner services from them in 1777 for the feasts of the various Orders held at the Winter Palace: The St. George service for 80 persons, the St. Andrew service for 50 persons, and the St. Alexander service for 60 persons. Just one year later, the service was ready to deck the table for the feast for the members of the Order of the Holy and Victorious Martyr George.

Provenance

In the collection of Prof. Dr. Gisela Zick since 1981.

Literature

An identical plate in cat.: Orden auf königlichem Porzellan, Eichenzell 2013, illus. 4.
Cf. also cat.: Fragile. Die Tafel der Zaren und das Porzellan der Revolutionäre, Frankfurt/Regensburg 2008, p. 95 f.