Lot n° 362
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 2 000EUR
SERVICE OF THE ORDER OF SAINT ANDRÉ. - Lot 362
SERVICE OF THE ORDER OF SAINT ANDRÉ.
Imperial Manufactory, St. Petersburg, 1855-1881.
Hard porcelain dessert plate, with scalloped border enhanced by a gold border, the center is decorated with a polychrome bouquet of flowers surrounded by a wreath of flowers in relief called "Gotzkowsky frieze". The top of the marli is decorated with the double-headed eagle of the Romanoffs alternating with branches of flowers in relief and polychrome floral motifs. The lower part shows the insignia of the order of Saint Andrew. Green marks on the reverse: A. II. (Alexander II), under imperial crown.
Diameter: 23 cm.
History: this service made by Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1695-1749) and decorated with a relief decoration called "Gotzkowsky" was offered by King August III of Poland to Empress Elisabeth I of Russia, on the occasion of the marriage of his nephew, Grand Duke Peter Feodorovitch with Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, future Empress Catherine II, on August 21, 1745. Composed of 440 pieces, according to an inventory drawn up on 5 November 1745, it was the most important diplomatic gift ever made by the Meissen manufactory. The Order of St. Andrew, founded in 1698 by Peter the Great, was the most important order of the Russian Empire. The cross depicted on this service is a simplified version of the insignia of the Order of St. Andrew, which is normally applied to the double-headed eagle of the Black Romanoffs surmounted by a red imperial crown. The letters at each end of the cross S.A.P.R. stand for Sanctus Andreas Patronus Russiae.
Provenance: The plates of this service were made during the reign of Emperor Alexander II (1818-1881), to complete the service given by King Augustus III of Poland (1693-1763) to Empress Elisabeth I of Russia (1709-1762), by the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg. Under Emperor Nicholas II, the entire service was placed in the Hermitage Museum in 1911 under inventory number 1703. Then in the early 1930s, through the Antikvariat, a state organization created by the Soviet government, a large part of this service was put up for sale. Today the Hermitage Museum still has 145 pieces from this service.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue