A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE COUNT RUMIANTSEV-ZADUNAISKI SERVICE

BY THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, CIRCA 1774

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A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE COUNT RUMIANTSEV-ZADUNAISKI SERVICE
BY THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, CIRCA 1774
Circular, the body painted with the monogram 'CR' for Count Rumiantsev, surmounted by a crown, framed within a garland of gilt laurel, palm leaves, and a ribbon of the Order of St George, the border decorated with gilt trellis and rocaille cartouches, marked under base with blue underglaze crossed swords, also incised with numeral '56'
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) diameter

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Count Piotr Alexandrovich Rumiantsev-Zadunaiski (1725-1796) was one of the most important Russian generals, alongside Suvorov, during the reign of Catherine The Great. In 1770, he became a Field Marshal and received the order of St George first class.

For comparable examples from the service, see Exhibition catalogue, Meissen for the Czars: Porcelain as a Tool of Saxon-Russian Politics in the 18th century, Munich, 2004, p. 132. A similar plate from the Galerie Popoff collection was sold Christie's, London, 12-13 October 2009, lot 179.

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