Plate “Battle of Borodino. 1812”

Wedgwood factory, Etruria, Staffordshire, England. 1820s-1830s

Overglaze transfer printing on Queen’s ware. Diameter: 25.2 cm

Impressed Wedgwood mark and impressed marking in the form of four dots

Donated as part of Pyotr Shchukin’s collection in 1905. 

This Queen’s ware plate with overglaze transfer printing depicts the second medallion from a series on the 1812 French Invasion of Russia. The famous series was created by the artist Fyodor Tolstoy (1783-1873). The plate’s design was based on a book published in 1818, containing prints of all 19 medallions made by the engraver Nikolai Utkin (1780-1863)