Image: Bolognese Terrier, 1811–50, Hard-paste porcelain, 8 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (22.5 × 31.4 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 1969, New York, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/205132
Bolognese Terrier, Russian, 1811–1850, Porcelain
Porcelain was a big deal in Russia during the 1800s, due in part to its promotion by the leaders of the splendidly named Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in St. Petersburg. Any organization that encourages the creation of something as majestic as this Bolognese terrier has to be doing something at least a little bit right.