BUST OF ALEXANDER I
Creator(s): Wood and Caldwell (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
The bust represents Tsar Alexander I of Russia. He has short brown curly hair, and pink cheeks. He is dressed in a black uniform with a high collar with braid on the shoulders. He wears a badge at his neck and a star on his left breast. He wears the blue sash of the Order of Saint Andrew First Called across his chest. The pedestal foot is plain.
- Object name:
- BUST OF ALEXANDER I
- Made from:
- Pottery
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: Burslem, Staffordshire
- Date made:
- 1812
- Size:
- 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 27.15
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on back: ALEX NDER AEt. (age) 35 Moscow Burnt Europe Preserved 1812
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973