Beschreibung:

A Russian Porcelain Basket from the Service for the Imperial Order of St. George, Gardner Porcelain Manufactory, Verbilki, 1777-1778 of circular, tapering form, the sides pierced and gilded, the undulating, gilded rim molded in a chain pattern, the exterior molded with the orange and black moiré sash of the order interwoven with laurel branches, also with sculpted and gilded crosses of the order set on opposite sides of the basket, the ribbons ending in a molded bow knot set below the handles painted brown to resemble woven branches and sculpted with delicate floral and leaf ornament, the center of the interior painted with the star of the order on which is written in Cyrillic the motto: For Service and Bravery (Za sluzhbu i khrabrost). with dark blue factory mark diameter over handles 10 3/4 in. 27.3 cm