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Lot Essay
The Romanovs had strong connections with the Oldenburg family in the first half of the 19th century. In 1808 Paul Friedrich August von Oldenburg accompanied his father to the Congress of Erfurt, the meeting between Emperor Napoleon I of France and Emperor Alexander I. After the annexation of the Duchy of Oldenburg in 1810, Paul Friedrich August and his father travelled to Russia to stay in exile with their relatives, the Imperial family.
After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Paul Friedrich August von Oldenburg returned to Russia to finish his work as the governor of Estonia. The present plates were most likely presented to the Grand Duke of Oldenburg by Emperor Nicholas I, and are among the best known examples of military plates from this period.
The Imperial Porcelain Factory first produced a series of plates with military scenes after the end of the Napoleonic wars, and continued to make them until the reign of Nicholas II. Those produced during the reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855) are without doubt the finest produced by the factory, and they clearly reflect Russia's military society in which the Tsar and members of the Imperial family were the main figures.
These plates produced during the reign of Nicholas I are taken from the lithographs published in the book Sobranie mundirov rossiiskoi imperatorskoi armii [Collection of Uniforms of the Imperial Russian Army] of 1830, which reproduced drawings by Fedorov, Aleksandrov and Belousov. Later versions of these plates by the Imperial Porcelain Factory did not achieve the same level of quality in the gilt and ciselé borders.
After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Paul Friedrich August von Oldenburg returned to Russia to finish his work as the governor of Estonia. The present plates were most likely presented to the Grand Duke of Oldenburg by Emperor Nicholas I, and are among the best known examples of military plates from this period.
The Imperial Porcelain Factory first produced a series of plates with military scenes after the end of the Napoleonic wars, and continued to make them until the reign of Nicholas II. Those produced during the reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855) are without doubt the finest produced by the factory, and they clearly reflect Russia's military society in which the Tsar and members of the Imperial family were the main figures.
These plates produced during the reign of Nicholas I are taken from the lithographs published in the book Sobranie mundirov rossiiskoi imperatorskoi armii [Collection of Uniforms of the Imperial Russian Army] of 1830, which reproduced drawings by Fedorov, Aleksandrov and Belousov. Later versions of these plates by the Imperial Porcelain Factory did not achieve the same level of quality in the gilt and ciselé borders.
