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IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1825
Details
A Porcelain Plate from the Coronation Service of Tsar Nicholas I
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1825
Circular, the center painted with the Imperial double-headed eagle within the chain of the Order of St. Andrew on an ermine-lined mantle surmounted by the Imperial crown, the border with gilt ciselé trophies of arms and lion masks on a cobalt blue ground, unmarked
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diam.
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1825
Circular, the center painted with the Imperial double-headed eagle within the chain of the Order of St. Andrew on an ermine-lined mantle surmounted by the Imperial crown, the border with gilt ciselé trophies of arms and lion masks on a cobalt blue ground, unmarked
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diam.
Further details
Until recent years, it had been thought that this service was made for the Coronation of Alexander II, see N. Wolf The Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, 1906, plates 344-346. It was only recently that research determined the service was in fact produced for the Coronation of Nicholas I.
Another plate from this service was sold in these rooms April 20, 2001, lot 24.
Another plate from this service was sold in these rooms April 20, 2001, lot 24.