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Cup and Saucer

1825 - 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Imperial Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
St Petersburg (made)

This cup and saucer shows a Russian Renaissance flavour. Under Tsar Nicholas I (1825 - 1855) the products of the Imperial Porcelain Factory became heavier in style and drew on increasing subject range.

Object details

Object type
Cup and saucer
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Saucer
  • Cups
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours and gilt
Brief description
Porcelain cup and saucer from the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, Russia 1825-1855.
Physical description
This cup and saucer shows a Russian Renaissance flavour. Under Tsar Nicholas I (1825 - 1855) the products of the Imperial Porcelain Factory became heavier in style and drew on increasing subject range.
Gallery label
(22/04/2017)
Label for 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900', Gallery 101, de-canted March 2017:

'14
Cup and Saucer
1825-55

Before Nicholas I came to the throne in 1825, most products of the Imperial Porcelain Factory were imitations of Sèvres porcelain from France. Nicholas encouraged a wider range of styles. Also, there was a growing sense of nationalism at this period. Here, the strong colours and rich gilding follow the French Empire style, but the motifs evoke older, Russian traditions.

Russia, St Petersburg; manufactured at the Imperial Porcelain Factory
Hard-past porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt

Museum no. C.334&A-1983
Given by Mr and Mrs W.L. Lewis'
(1987-2006)
CUP AND SAUCER
Imperial Porcelain Factory
Manufacturer
Russia (St. Petersburg):
1825-1855
Porcelain
painted in colours
and gilt

C.334 & a-1983

The porcelain factory at St. Petersburg, establisherd in 1763, was operated under Imperial patronage until the dethronement of Tsar Nicholas in 1917. Under Nicholas I (1825-1855) its products became heavier in style and drew on an increasing subject range. This cup and saucer shows a Russian Renaissance flavour, reflecting the growth in national consciousness follwoing the 1812 War. The handle in the form of a female figure was perhaps influenced by the employment at the factory of the finest Russian sculptor of the period, Stephan Stephanovich Pimenov.

Given by Mr. & Mrs W.L. Lewis
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.334A-1983

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Record createdMarch 30, 2000
Record URL
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