STANDING OFFICER

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Breakfast Room

About this object

Represents a young man in military uniform, white coat with blue lining, lapels and cuffs, blue vest, white knee britches and leggings, black shoes, a gold sash striped in black, a sword with a gold handle. He wears a ponytail and a tall dark gray and blue hat. His left hand rests on a second identical hat placed on a parapet which supports the figure. In his raised right hand, he carries a round tray on which sit two small tumblers of wine and a round cake.

Object name:

STANDING OFFICER

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

18th c.

Size:

20.3 cm (8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.440

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK underneath base: mark of the Imperial Porcelain Factory of the period of Catherine II, [transcription] in blue underneath the glaze and a small impressed bar.

Credit line:

Gift of Anna Antik in memory of Marie Antik, 1976