BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III, WITH LARGE PAINTED GILDED CYPHER OF THE REIGNING TSAR, DATED 1886

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A porcelain dessert plate from the Raphael Service
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Alexander III, with large painted gilded cypher of the reigning Tsar, dated 1886
Circular, painted en grisaille, the centre with a figure of Bacchus handing bunches of grapes to putti with a pannier, within a classical hexagonal frame, three further classical medallions in the pale green ground and laurel border, each flanked by floral festoon and eagle and mask panels on rust red grounds, the inner border of masks, swans, fruit and scrolls on pale yellow ground extending to the outer border, framed within gilt bands, marked under base
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

In 1890 the Imperial Porcelain Factory and the Imperial Glass Factory were combined under the director, Guryev. The Raphael Service was the most important and largest table service commissioned by Alexander III in the late 19th century and finished in 1903. The designs are taken from actual size copies of the Raphael frescoes in the Vatican, which were made with permission of the Pope and housed by Quarenghi in the Winter Palace, during the reign of Catherine II.
G. Agarkova and N. Petrova, 250 Years of Lomonosov Porcelain Manufacture St. Petersburg, 1744-1994, St. Petersburg, 1994, pp.21, 59, 61, 79.

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