Russian Work, Auguste Shpis, Spiees, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg

Rare porcelain sculpture from the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in St. Petersburg. SPIESS, August Karlovitch (1817-1904).
Model by the famous sculptor August K. Shpis or Spiess, in St. Petersburg, around 1870; Reign of Alexander II
* Signed in Cyrillic on the back of the terrace * and marked with two blue dots.
This model "Estonian Women" is referenced in the work of Dr. Catherine Khmelnitskaya, author of the work dedicated to the artist "August Shpis and the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory" Moscow 2012, in which the model we are offering for sale appears.
Bibliography: KHMELNITSKAYA, (E.) August Spiess and the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory. A Life Dedicated to Porcelain (in Russian). Moscow, Lioubimaya kniga, 2012.
https://antiqueland.ru/articles/1516/
August Karlovich Shpis (1817, Stralsund, Germany - 1904).
Bibliographie : E. Khmelnitskaya . Avgust Shpis and the Imperial Porcelain Factory : a life dedicated to porcelain. : Jubilee Book, 2012.
Graduate of the Berlin Academy of Arts.  In 1846, he was invited to St Petersburg to help decorate the palace after the fire.  On 1 May 1849, he joined the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory as a sculptor and, in 1853, was appointed master model. He worked at the manufactory until 1897, and was the author of most of the sculptures produced there over almost 50 years. His creations are astonishingly diverse: large clocks, decorative vases, porcelain sculptures, copies of eighteenth-century pieces from the Meissen and Sèvres factories.  Empress Aria Leksandrovna was always the main customer for his works. Having formed a clear idea of her artistic preferences, Shpis created works that corresponded exactly to her taste.   Pis's work reached its peak in the 1870s.
At this time, he created several vase shapes which, after a few modifications, were produced at the factory with different paint and covering variants.
Bibliographie : Khmelnitskaya . Avgust Shpis and the Imperial Porcelain Factory : a life dedicated to porcelain. . : Jubilee Book, 2012.
This porcelain is a rare example of the achievements of the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory during the reign of Alexander II. It was included in a document entitled ‘Estonia and Fabergé’, and you can find the porcelain chosen to illustrate this document at the address below:

https://tiinaojaste.eu/dl/faberge/Estonia%20&%20Faberge.pdf
If this link does not work, I can send you the document upon request.

In order to restore the object to its perfect condition, it will nevertheless require restoration, but this is not difficult for a professional to carry out.
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