Art objects

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1870s

Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.

Height - 8.8 cm

Egg with painting after the lithograph by Karl Kolman (1786-1846) “View of Children's Island in the Alexander Park at Tsarskoye Selo” (1830). During the reign of Nicholas I, an island on the pond at the Tsarskoye Selo park was fitted out for his son and heir Alexander as a place to play and study. In 1830 the architect Alexei Gornostayev (1808-1862) oversaw the building of a small children’s playhouse, designed by the architect Vasily Stasov (1769-1848). In 1830 Karl Merder (1787-1834), the heir’s tutor, suggested that the children think of a motto for the island, which had become their home. The result of their collective creative effort was a drawing of “a cliff, washed clean with water, an ant, and an anchor”, symbolizing “persistence, action, and hope”. Presumably, the ant, as the symbol of the Children’s Island, later lent its name to the handwritten magazine “The Ant”, which the heir, with the help of his friends, started “publishing” in 1831. When the children of Alexander II and his brothers grew old enough, they continued to explore the territories previously “occupied” by their parents. Alexander II passed his love for the Children’s Island to his children and grandchildren. The children of Nicholas I, Alexei and his sisters, the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, enjoyed playing here, boating on the pond, planting flowers and shovelling snow in the winter. They were often joined by their father.

Transparent blue (cobalt) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of cabochons; enamel and gold painting.

Height - 23.4 сm, diameter - 10.6 сm

Transparent colourless, golden-smoke-coloured and light green glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of faceted beads; enamel and gold painting.

Decanter: height - 31.2 сm.

Glasses: height - 8.3 сm, diameter - 6 сm.

Plate: diameter - 37.1 сm

Transparent colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.

Diameter - 32.3 сm

Transparent red (ruby) and red-orange glass;  colour glass mouldings in the shape of curly handles, round and faceted beads; white enamel, gold and platinum dashed painting.

Decanter: height - 21.4 сm 

Glasses: height - 11.4 сm

Plate: diameter - 27.8 сm

Transparent colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting

Height - 27.1 сm, diameter - 22.4 сm

The fish is a symbol of sinlessness; during the flood, it was under water

Transparent blue (cobalt) and colourless glass; filigree, colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; gold and platinum painting.

Height - 29.7 сm, diameter - 8.5 сm

Transparent blue (cobalt) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting. 

Height - 23.4 сm, diameter - 28.4 сm

Transparent yellow (amber) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round, oval and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.

Height - 36.4 сm

“Birkat-kohanim” gesture – the Kohanim Blessing (Priestly Blessing)

Transparent orange-coloured and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.

Height - 20.1 сm

This was used as an Incense vessel

From the “Ballets Russes” series

Porcelain Manufactory Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik AG Germany, Thuringia, 1912-1945

Porcelain, lace porcelain; modelling, polychrome overglaze painting, gilding

Height - 28 cm

From the “Ballets Russes” series

Porcelain Manufactory Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik AG Germany, Thuringia, 1912-1945

Porcelain, lace porcelain; modelling, polychrome overglaze painting, gilding

Height - 31 cm

From the “Ballets Russes” series

Porcelain Manufactory Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik AG Germany, Thuringia, 1912-1945

Porcelain, lace porcelain; modelling, polychrome overglaze painting, gilding.

Height - 26 cm

Porcelain Manufactory Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik AG Germany, Thuringia, 1912-1945

Porcelain, lace porcelain; modelling, polychrome overglaze painting, gilding

Height - 27 cm

Porcelain Manufactory Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik AG Germany, Thuringia, 1912-1945

Porcelain, lace porcelain; modelling, polychrome overglaze painting, gilding.

Height - 30 cm

Hugo Meisel’s statuette based on the gesso model made by Anna Pavlova in 1924

Germany, Thuringia Schwarzburger Werkstätten für Porzellankunst

1927-1949

Porcelain Manufactory Richard Eckert & Co. AG Germany, Thuringia, 1915-1936

Porcelain, lace porcelain; modelling, polychrome overglaze painting, gilding

Height - 30 cm

Glass, metal. 80 × 25 × 25 cm

Polyurethane sprayed on canvas, nine parts.

121.9×121.9 cm

Live sculpture

Mixed media on wood. 200×397 cm