A porcelain plate with a view of the Bronze Horseman - image-1
A porcelain plate with a view of the Bronze Horseman - image-2
A porcelain plate with a view of the Bronze Horseman - image-1A porcelain plate with a view of the Bronze Horseman - image-2

Lot 158 Dα

A porcelain plate with a view of the Bronze Horseman

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
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A porcelain plate with a view of the Bronze Horseman

Decorated with a scene of the well-known monument in Senate Square in St. Petersburg, labelled on the underside. The border with a pattern of small blue flowers and gold tendrils. Unmarked. With a rim chip at 10 o'clock. D 24 cm.
Attributed to Imperial Porcelain Manufactory St. Petersburg, second quarter 19th C.

The "Bronze Horseman" is a monument designed by Etienne Maurice Falconet that was erected in Senate Square by Catherine the Great in 1782 in memory of the Russian victory in the Battle of Poltava. The pedestal on which the large bronze sculpture stands is a huge natural rock monolith, which was transported under great pains to St. Petersburg.

Literature

Cf. two plates from the same service in the Museum of the Porcelain Manufactory, published in Agarkowa/Petrowa, 250 Jahre Lomonossow Porzellanmanufaktur St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg 1994, p. 43.