An important leaf bowl from the "Service of the Order of St. George" for Empress Catherine II
Lot-No. 633
Proceeds : 19.800 €
Gardner/Moscow, around 1777/78. Fine bowl in naturalistic shape with branch handle and leafy rim. In the centre a fine depiction of the medal and ribbon with laurel. Manufactory mark "G". L. 18,5 cm. - The service belongs to a group of 3 magnificent services from the Gardner workshop, all of them commissioned by Catherine II. (together with the "St Andrew First Called Service", the "St Alexander Nevskii Service" and the "St Vladimir Service"). The Russian Empress was inspired by the famous services of the Meissen and Berlin workshops. Once a year these services were used when all knights of the order dined at the Winter Palace in order to celebrate the feast of their name saint. Important pieces of these services can be found ie.g. n the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg and in major collections in the USA. - Lit.: Popow, Russisches Porzellan, Leipzig 1984, ill. 25.
An important leaf bowl from the "Service of the Order of St. George" for Empress Catherine II
An important leaf bowl from the "Service of the Order of St. George" for Empress Catherine II
Lot-No. 633
Proceeds : 19.800 €
Gardner/Moscow, around 1777/78. Fine bowl in naturalistic shape with branch handle and leafy rim. In the centre a fine depiction of the medal and ribbon with laurel. Manufactory mark "G". L. 18,5 cm. - The service belongs to a group of 3 magnificent services from the Gardner workshop, all of them commissioned by Catherine II. (together with the "St Andrew First Called Service", the "St Alexander Nevskii Service" and the "St Vladimir Service"). The Russian Empress was inspired by the famous services of the Meissen and Berlin workshops. Once a year these services were used when all knights of the order dined at the Winter Palace in order to celebrate the feast of their name saint. Important pieces of these services can be found ie.g. n the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg and in major collections in the USA. - Lit.: Popow, Russisches Porzellan, Leipzig 1984, ill. 25.