Soup plate from the infirmary of the 1st cadet corps

Very rare and interesting finding of our shop – a plate of the 1st Cadet corps marked "Infirmary" at the bottom. Porcelain, decal. Diameter 24 cm 1 St Cadet corps (or, as often written before the revolution, the First Cadet corps) were among the oldest military educational institutions of the Russian Empire. It was founded at the initiative of the Procurator-General count P. I. Yaguzhinsky, by the decree of Empress Anna Ioannovna dated July 29, 1731, as accommodation for the hull was given one of the best buildings in the capital – the Palace shortly before he fell into disgrace Prince A. D. Menshikov. The opening of the building took place on 17 Feb 1732 in June it had 352 cadets, divided into three companies. The first edition took place on 8 June 1734 at First the building was called the Corps of cadets, 1766 – Imperial land gentry cadet corps, and from 1800 – 1-m Cadet corps. Until the 1860s, the corps released their students directly by the officers to the troops. In 1864 – 1882 existed as 1-I St. Petersburg military gymnasium, then was reformed in the body, but now it produced young people with education in the amount of the average, for admission to military schools or civilian educational institutions. By 1914, the state of the case was 450 cadet. The instrument has long been the color of cadet uniforms were red, in the early twentieth century of red cloth made of applied details of the uniforms of this corps: the rim of the cap, piping, valves and epaulettes of his uniform. 30 Nov 1906 in memory of the 175th anniversary of the casing on the shoulder straps of the cadet, officers and ranks of the permanent staff was introduced encryption in the form of a monogram of the founder – Empress Anna Ioannovna, rendered of the cadets and lower ranks of yellow paint on the stencil, and the officers visualase Golden thread. Durable Kuznetsovsky porcelain was in operation until the closing of the corps in late 1917 Despite this, and the plate and the image is quite well preserved, the bottom has many scratches and scuffs from extended use of the plate for its intended purpose.