Lot 49
49
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A porcelain vase in the form of a jug

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, EARLY 1800S

Details
A porcelain vase in the form of a jug
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Alexander I, early 1800s
Of conical form with shaped spout, with a gilt calyx-shaped lower part and bell-shaped spreading foot, the body painted with a multi-coloured composition depicting cherubs sitting on a cloud, the foot and lower part of the body gilt and decorated with moulded and painted stylized acanthus leaves, the neck and tall angular handle wound round with a moulded, light-green swagged garland, gilt detail, apparently unmarked
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Literature
Masterpieces of 18th c..., number 54.
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Lot Essay

In form and decoration, the present jug is very similar to items executed at the factory after the drawings of Jean Francois Xavier Hattenberger, director of the factory from 1803-6. Porcelain items executed after the drawings of Hattenberger are extremely rare. The Hermitage and the Russian Museum in St Petersburg have few examples.

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