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A RARE PRESENTATION PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER
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A RARE PRESENTATION PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER

PROBABLY BY SYROPIATOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, IRKUTSK, CIRCA 1831

Closed6 June 2016

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GBP 3,750

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A RARE PRESENTATION PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER
PROBABLY BY SYROPIATOV PORCELAIN FACTORY, IRKUTSK, CIRCA 1831
The cylindrical cup, with gilt ciselé decorations, centring a cartouche painted with the portrait of Count Mikhail Speranskii, inscribed in Russian under base ‘In gratitude / MMS. / Irkutsk. / 25. December 1831.’; the saucer, painted with a view of lake Baikal, within a gilt ciselé border, inscribed in Russian under base ‘Painted and composed. [by] P. Kalmynin, Irkutsk meschanin’, apparently unmarked
The cup 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

Mikhail Speranskii (1772-1839) was one of the most influential Russian statesmen of the 19th century. A close advisor to Alexander I, Speranskii was promoted to the Governor General of Siberia in 1819. He moved to Irkutsk where he implemented significant administrative reforms. Speranskii is often referred to as the father of Russian liberalism.