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Lot Essay
The crest is that of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
The Mecklenburg-Schwerin service was originally commissioned by the Russian Empress Catharine the Great and added to by various Russian and French makers from 1770 onwards. The service appears to have been given by Catherine the Great's son Paul I to his daughter Helene, upon her marriage to Friedrich-Ludwig, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in October 1799. The service was further added to around 1904, at the time of the marriage of Friederich Franz IV, Grande Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to HRH Alexandra, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland. A pair of Russian meat dishes, 1774, from the service sold at Christie's, London, November 23, 1999, lot 67 and German silver additions to the service, circa 1904, sold at Christie's, London, March 31, 1998, lots 116-119.
The Mecklenburg-Schwerin service was originally commissioned by the Russian Empress Catharine the Great and added to by various Russian and French makers from 1770 onwards. The service appears to have been given by Catherine the Great's son Paul I to his daughter Helene, upon her marriage to Friedrich-Ludwig, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in October 1799. The service was further added to around 1904, at the time of the marriage of Friederich Franz IV, Grande Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to HRH Alexandra, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland. A pair of Russian meat dishes, 1774, from the service sold at Christie's, London, November 23, 1999, lot 67 and German silver additions to the service, circa 1904, sold at Christie's, London, March 31, 1998, lots 116-119.