Beaker with Imperial Russian Arms

Vienna|Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period

ca. 1735 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This beaker, from a set that Emperor Charles VI (r. 1711–40) probably gave to Czarina Anna Ivanovna (r. 1730–40), includes the arms of six major Russian cities in its armorial panels, a subtle salute to Russia’s rising military, commercial, and territorial power. Charles VI made lavish gifts of Du Paquier porcelain to the Russian court, probably as a result of the alliance between Russia and Austria during the War of the Polish Succession (1733–38).

Artist

Vienna|Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period

Date

ca. 1735

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

Austrian, Vienna

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982