CIRCA 1800, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS, THE SAUCERS WITH INCISED 36 AND 17 AND / TO ONE FOOTRIM, THE CANS SIGNED ROCKSTUHL FEC: IN GREY

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A PAIR OF BERLIN (K.P.M.) DOCUMENTARY PORTRAIT COFFEE-CANS AND SAUCERS
CIRCA 1800, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS, THE SAUCERS WITH INCISED 36 AND 17 AND / TO ONE FOOTRIM, THE CANS SIGNED Rockstuhl fec: IN GREY
Painted en grisaille with portraits to the left and right depicting Alexander I and Elizabeth his Empress, inscribed ELISABETH ALEXIEWNA and PAR LUI SON PEUPLE EST HEUREUX. within gilt circular cartouches with burnished zig-zag and foliage ornament, the interiors richly gilt, the saucers and cans with slightly differing gilt line, loop and pendant foliage borders enriched in purple (some very slight wear to gilt rims and purple enamel of cans, the saucers with some wear to gilding and enamel) (2)

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Lot Essay

Rockstuhl does not appear to be recorded in Erich Köllmann and Margareta Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan (Munich, 1987), Vols. I and II.

Peter Ernst Rockstuhl (1764-1824) was a talented miniaturist who worked on a variety of media including enamel and porcelain. The present lot would appear to be from his period in St. Petersburg where he was court miniaturist from 1804 until his death in 1824. He usually chose to portray his subject in profile and is noted for this fine draughtsmanship.

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