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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I
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A porcelain part dinner service
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas I
Comprising twenty four dinner plates of shaped circular form, each with central bouquet of flowers on white ground, the alternating puce and blue ground border with raised gilt scroll cartouches each enclosing an animal, fruit, flowers or an artist's palette on white ground, together with two oval platters of similar design with alternating pink, blue and green ground borders, each marked under base
10 in. (25.2 cm.) diameter, the platter 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) long (26)
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas I
Comprising twenty four dinner plates of shaped circular form, each with central bouquet of flowers on white ground, the alternating puce and blue ground border with raised gilt scroll cartouches each enclosing an animal, fruit, flowers or an artist's palette on white ground, together with two oval platters of similar design with alternating pink, blue and green ground borders, each marked under base
10 in. (25.2 cm.) diameter, the platter 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) long (26)
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Please note the following additional information for this lot:
Four similar plates were offered at Sotheby's London, 2 December 2004, lot 406 with the provenance:
'A gift from Nichoals I to his brother, the Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich
Brought in 1851 to the Chateau de Remplin in Mecklenburg by Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna; Thence, by descent to George, Duke of Mecklenburg'.
Four similar plates were offered at Sotheby's London, 2 December 2004, lot 406 with the provenance:
'A gift from Nichoals I to his brother, the Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich
Brought in 1851 to the Chateau de Remplin in Mecklenburg by Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna; Thence, by descent to George, Duke of Mecklenburg'.