BY THE ROYAL BERLIN PORCELAIN FACTORY, 1770-1772
Details
A porcelain figure of a Cossack from the decorations of a dessert service given by Frederick II to Catherine II
by the Royal Berlin Porcelain Factory, 1770-1772
Realistically modelled, a figure of a man wearing a dark blue coat with a fur collar, red trousers and brown high boots, with a fur-trimmed red hat in his left hand, on a quatrefoil shaped base, marked under base with blue underglaze sceptre
11¼ in. (28.4 cm.) high
Model by F.-E. Mayer.
by the Royal Berlin Porcelain Factory, 1770-1772
Realistically modelled, a figure of a man wearing a dark blue coat with a fur collar, red trousers and brown high boots, with a fur-trimmed red hat in his left hand, on a quatrefoil shaped base, marked under base with blue underglaze sceptre
11¼ in. (28.4 cm.) high
Model by F.-E. Mayer.
Literature
G. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan - die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763-1786, Berlin, 1913.
F. Hoffman, Das Porzellan der europäischen Manufakturen in XVIII Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1932, p. 492-494.
E. Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan: 1763-1963, Brunswick, 1966.
W. Pochomova-Gëres, Geschenke Friedrichs des Grossen an der russischen Hof/ Von Sanssouci nach Europa, Berlin, 1994.
V. Pakhomova-Göres, 'The porcelain hymn of Sèvres', Pinakoteka, No. 10-11, 2000, pp. 229-233.
N. I. Kazakevich, Western -European Porcelain in the Hermitage. The history of the Collection, St Petersburg, 2003, pp. 47-54.
Masterpieces of 18th c..., number 212.
F. Hoffman, Das Porzellan der europäischen Manufakturen in XVIII Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1932, p. 492-494.
E. Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan: 1763-1963, Brunswick, 1966.
W. Pochomova-Gëres, Geschenke Friedrichs des Grossen an der russischen Hof/ Von Sanssouci nach Europa, Berlin, 1994.
V. Pakhomova-Göres, 'The porcelain hymn of Sèvres', Pinakoteka, No. 10-11, 2000, pp. 229-233.
N. I. Kazakevich, Western -European Porcelain in the Hermitage. The history of the Collection, St Petersburg, 2003, pp. 47-54.
Masterpieces of 18th c..., number 212.
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