A PAIR OF CATHERINE OF RUSSIA LEAF-SHAPED DISHES

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A PAIR OF CATHERINE OF RUSSIA LEAF-SHAPED DISHES
CIRCA 1785

Each painted in sepia with the imperial Russian arms showing St. George slaying the dragon charged on the breast of a double-headed crowned eagle, the sceptre and orb in its talons, all within a neoclassical ribbon and garland border (slight wear)--8in. (20.3cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

From the second of two well-known services made for Catherine the Great; probably ordered through the English trading company and reminiscent in style of 1780's Newhall porcelain. See C. Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain, p. 112.