Lot n° 349
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2500 - 3000
EUR
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Result
: 5 152EUR
LARGE COMMEMORATIVE PLAT OF THE TRAIN ACCIDENT OF THE IMPERI - Lot 349
LARGE COMMEMORATIVE PLAT OF THE TRAIN ACCIDENT OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY.
Kouznetsoff Manufacture, Saint Petersburg, 1888.
Of circular form, in earthenware with polychrome decoration bordered of a broad gold border and decorated in the center of two angels supporting a coat of ermine applied to the monogram of the tsar Alexander III in gold letters surmounted by the crown of Monomaque, surrounded by the psalm 90 written in Slavonic "Your guardian angel protects you on your ways". The border is decorated with branches of lilies, oak and laurel on a blue background surrounding the inscription in Slavonic "In memory of the miraculous safeguarding of Emperor Alexander III and his august family, October 17, 1888". Slight wear from time, but good condition. Green marks of the manufacture on the reverse with imperial eagle. Diameter: 42 cm.
History: this dish was made in memory of the miraculous survival of the emperor Alexander III and his family, during the derailment of the imperial train on October 17, 1888, at the Borki station, while traveling from the Crimea to St. Petersburg. Twenty-one people were killed and 15 injured. The account of the disaster reveals that Tsar Alexander managed to support the collapsed roof of the car on his shoulders, while his family escaped unharmed. The fact that the imperial family escaped unharmed from the accident was considered miraculous. An Orthodox cathedral was built on the site of the accident a few years later. Count Serge de Witte, the future prime minister of Tsar Nicholas II, wrote in his memoirs: "The imperial family was in the restaurant car at the time of the accident. Its roof collapsed under the impact, and Czar Alexander supported what was left of it on his shoulders while the children fled outside the car." Despite the effort the tsar had to make to save his family and the violence of the accident, he did not seem to be injured at the time, but suffered the onset of kidney failure that would lead to the king's premature death 6 years later at the age of 49. The derailment of the train was not due to a failed assassination attempt, but was the result of the imperial train's excessive speed and poor track maintenance.
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