BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1838

Details

A PORCELAIN MILITARY PLATE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1838
Circular, the centre painted with officers and soldiers from the Infantry Regiments of the 2nd Division of the 1st Infantry Corps, within a border decorated with gilt ciselé military trophies and Imperial double-headed eagles on a green ground, inscribed in Russian under base, signed in Cyrillic and dated 'P. Saveliev 1838', marked under base with blue overglaze factory mark
9¾ in. (25 cm.) diameter

Provenance

With Galerie Popoff, Paris, 1973 (label under base).