BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, PERIOD OF CATHERINE II, 1778-1780
Details
A porcelain basket from the Service of the Order of St Alexander Nevskii
by the Gardner Porcelain Factory, Moscow, period of Catherine II, 1778-1780
Circular, with tapering pierced sides, with basket weave border and undulating gilt rim, the exterior decorated with the multi-coloured moulded sash of the Order with the Cross of the Order, the centre of the interior painted with the star of the Order with a letter symbol and motto, the brown handles simulating twisted branches with small moulded flowers and leaves with grape and vine-leaf terminals, with gilt detail on a moulded gilt base, marked under base with blue underglaze 'G'
11 in. (28.1 cm.) long
Design by G. I. Kozlov.
by the Gardner Porcelain Factory, Moscow, period of Catherine II, 1778-1780
Circular, with tapering pierced sides, with basket weave border and undulating gilt rim, the exterior decorated with the multi-coloured moulded sash of the Order with the Cross of the Order, the centre of the interior painted with the star of the Order with a letter symbol and motto, the brown handles simulating twisted branches with small moulded flowers and leaves with grape and vine-leaf terminals, with gilt detail on a moulded gilt base, marked under base with blue underglaze 'G'
11 in. (28.1 cm.) long
Design by G. I. Kozlov.
Literature
Masterpieces of 18th c..., number 147.
Exhibited
London, 1 Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June-13 July 1935, p. 43, number CX (part of).
Special notice
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