Lot Essay
For comparable plates with similarly designed border, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, p. 242.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I (1801-1825)
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A PORCELAIN CABINET PLATE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I (1801-1825)
Circular, the centre painted with a flower merchant and a cage vendor, framed within a gilt band, the outer border with a continuous band of gilt palmettes and scrolls on white ground, inscribed under base ‘Les Marchands de Fleurs et de Cagas’, apparently unmarked, incised under base with Cyrillic 'P' and numeral '8'
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diameter
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I (1801-1825)
Circular, the centre painted with a flower merchant and a cage vendor, framed within a gilt band, the outer border with a continuous band of gilt palmettes and scrolls on white ground, inscribed under base ‘Les Marchands de Fleurs et de Cagas’, apparently unmarked, incised under base with Cyrillic 'P' and numeral '8'
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diameter
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Please note the description should read ‘Probably by the French porcelain factory de Dihl et Guérhard, circa 1820’.
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