Western European Glass Art and Ceramic Art

Cup with the image of a Ural Cossack (after the drawing by Aleksander Orłowski)

    Cup with the image of a Ural Cossack (after the drawing by Aleksander Orłowski)

    England, Staffordshire

    First quarter of the 19th century

    Faience; under glaze printing, golden painting

    Height 5.7 cm, length 11.0 cm, diameter 8.9 cm

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    Faience cone-shaped cup with ornately shaped handle. The cup body is decorated with monochrome printed Ural Cossack equestrian image from the period of the Patriotic War of 1812, armed with a spear and a rifle. The engraving of 1813 made by unknown English engraver and published in London based on the drawing by Aleksander Orłowski was a pattern for it. Monochrome printed images of laurel wreath are to the left and to the right of the painting. The upper edge and cup’s handle are emphasized with golden layer.


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