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ROUND TABLE

Creator(s): Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin (Manufacturer) , Alexandra Fedorovna (Subject) , Nicholas I (Subject)


About this object

The porcelain top features profiles of Princess Charlotte (Alexandra Fedorovna) of Prussia and Grand Duke Nicholas (the future Nicholas I) on the bottom, while those of Emperor Alexander I, Nicholas's brother, and King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, Charlotte's father, are at the top. A replica of the so-called Marlborough gem (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), representing the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, decorates the table's center. This is all rendered in grisaille on brown to imitate the appearance of cameos set against a dark blue ground. The porcelain plaque is set in a frame of gilt bronze decorated with vine leaves on a stippled ground. Fifteen laurel wreaths, each with an eagle in its center, hang from the edge of the frame. The tabletop is supported on tripod feet, each with the figure of a winged victory at its top.

Object name:
ROUND TABLE
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain -- gilt bronze
Made in:
Berlin, Germany
Date made:
1817
Size:
79.4 x 48.3 cm (31 1/4 x 19 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
33.225
Class:
FURNITURE
Signature marks:
LABEL Label 1: Anichkovskogo dvortsa, Sobst. Ego Imp. Velichestva [Anichkov Palace, Property of His Imperial Highness], No. 9 Stol kruglyi [round table], No. 35 Kom Krasnaia komnata [Rm. Red Room]; Label 2: Muzei goroda [city museum] 2119 on other; INSCRIPTION No. 9 ... painted in red / 161 crossed off underneath [Underneath porcelain top]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973