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BY THE ROYAL BERLIN PORCELAIN FACTORY, CIRCA 1778
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A PORCELAIN VASE AND CUP AND SAUCER FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE PAUL PETROVICH
BY THE ROYAL BERLIN PORCELAIN FACTORY, CIRCA 1778
The vase of baluster form, on spreading foot, both sides of the body painted with the black Imperial double-headed eagle surmounted by a crown and holding the coats-of-arms of the Russian Empire and the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp, with two handles rising to an everted foliate gilt-enriched rim; the cup and saucer similarly decorated, the eagle also painted with the orders of St Andrew First Called, St Anne and St Alexander Nevskii, all marked under bases with blue underglaze sceptre mark, the vase also incised with letters
The vase, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
BY THE ROYAL BERLIN PORCELAIN FACTORY, CIRCA 1778
The vase of baluster form, on spreading foot, both sides of the body painted with the black Imperial double-headed eagle surmounted by a crown and holding the coats-of-arms of the Russian Empire and the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp, with two handles rising to an everted foliate gilt-enriched rim; the cup and saucer similarly decorated, the eagle also painted with the orders of St Andrew First Called, St Anne and St Alexander Nevskii, all marked under bases with blue underglaze sceptre mark, the vase also incised with letters
The vase, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
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