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TWENTY-TWO PORCELAIN DINNER PLATES, ONE SIDE PLATE AND FIVE CUPS AND SAUCERS FROM THE BANQUETING SERVICE FOR THE GRAND PETERHOF PALACE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIODS OF NICHOLAS I, ALEXANDER III, AND NICHOLAS II

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TWENTY-TWO PORCELAIN DINNER PLATES, ONE SIDE PLATE AND FIVE CUPS AND SAUCERS FROM THE BANQUETING SERVICE FOR THE GRAND PETERHOF PALACE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIODS OF NICHOLAS I, ALEXANDER III, AND NICHOLAS II
Each plate circular, with undulating gilt rim, three cobalt blue 'cabbage leaf' patterns within the cavetto, enclosing polychrome bouquets and floral sprays, cups and saucers similarly decorated, nineteen plates and one cup and saucer marked with underglaze factory mark of Nicholas I, two plates and one cup and saucer marked under bases with underglaze factory mark of Alexander III, one dinner plate, one side plate and three cups and saucers marked under bases with underglaze factory mark of Nicholas II; together with one 18th century feuilles-de-choux Sèvres dinner plate
Dinner plates 9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.) diameter and smaller

Literature

The Sèvres plate: Exhibition Catalogue, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars Peterhof, A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1991, no. 225.

Exhibited

The Sèvres plate: New York, A La Vieille Russie, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain. Dining with the Czars: Peterhof, 1991, no. 225.

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Lot Essay

The Banqueting Service for the Grand Peterhof Palace was commissioned in the reign of Emperor Nicholas I (1825-1855). The service was copied after a Sèvres service, made in the mid-18th century and given by Louis XV to Christian VII of Denmark in 1768. The original service made during the period of Nicholas I was subsequently enlarged with extension and replacement pieces from the periods of Alexander III and Nicholas II.

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