porcelain, body with wide, fine gilt rim, Russian green ledge with burnished and matt gilt-painted double eagle, motto ‘für den Verdienst’ and emblems of war, well with polychrome painted image, Ø 24.2 cm, small loss of colour to clod of earth and thatched roof, verso fine, wide gilt rims, inscription ‘1. Japchotnisches Korps, 1. Artilleriedivision, 1. Feldartillerie-Brigade, Stabsoffizier der ‘batarsinischen’ Batterrie Nr. 1, Feuerwerker der ‘batarsinischen’ Batterie Nr. 2, Soldat der leichten Batterie Nr. 1, Soldat der leichten Batterie Nr. 2, Trommler der Reservebatterie Nr. 1’, dated 1840 with signature of painter, Jakovlev N., St. Petersburg, Russia. underglaze blue mark Tsar Nicholas I, 1825–1855 (Ru)

Field officer (major, lieutenant colonel, colonel) = mounted officer;

sergeant (higher non-commissioned officer grade, corresponds to the staff sergeant in the infantry or the cavalry) = the man facing the mounted field officer wearing a shako and white breeches;

soldier of the Light Battery, no. 1 = the soldier on foot in the foreground to the far left in parade uniform with a knapsack;

soldier of the Light Battery, no. 2 = the soldier standing before the horse’s head in a coat,

drummer from the Reserve Battery = standing to the right with a drum on his back.