A Russian Empire coffee service, presumably by the Yusupov porcelain manufactory.
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The cup with the portrait resembling Alexander has a gilt signature (blurred) "Archangelski 1826"Gilded and cisele decoration, each part with a portrait of a member of the imperial family. Comprising a coffee pot with cover, heigth 27,5 cm. Decorated with portraits of Alexander I and Elisbet Alexeievna. A tea pot with cover, heigth 22,5 cm. Decorated in grisaille depicting Peter III and Catherine II. A ewer, height 21 cm, decorated with a medallion depicting Paul I and Maria Feodorovna, Czar Paul Is, second wife. 11 cups with stands, height of cup 9,5 cm, diameter of stand 12,5 cm.
Wear.
Provenance
Purchased in Stockholm in the 1980's.
Exhibitions
Compare a cup in the collection of the Met, no 50.211.278, .279. With a portrait of Tzar Nicholas I, and a commemorative text.
Literature
Yusupov porcelain was produced for less than 20 years (from 1815 to 1831), but left a noticeable mark in the history of Russian porcelain. It was created not for commercial purposes, but to replenish the collection of the prince and gifts to noble persons. This ensured the highest artistic level of Arkhangelsk porcelain, comparable in quality to the best examples of Western manufactories.
Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov took up porcelain at the age of 60, when he left government service and acquired an estate in the village of Arkhangelskoye near Moscow. At that time, the prince owned a large collection of works of art, and in the past he traveled extensively in Europe and headed the Imperial Porcelain Factory.