TEN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY PIECES FROM THE FARM PALACE SERVICE

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TEN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY PIECES FROM THE FARM PALACE SERVICE
MOST WITH GREEN IMPERIAL CIPHER FOR NICHOLAS II (1894-1917), DATED FROM 1896-1914, ONE WITH IMPERIAL CIPHER FOR ALEXANDER III AND DATED '93; ONE WITH BLUE PRINTED KORNILOFF MARK

Each piece with red and gilt crowned monogram for Alexander II within gilt line (gilding slightly worn on all pieces), comprising:

Four dinner plates (one with restored rim chip)--9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.
Four cake plates--7¼in. (18.5cm.) diam.
An oval footed bowl (star crack)--12½in. (32cm.) wide
A sauce-boat (10)

Lot Essay

Cf. Paul Schaffer, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain, Dining with the Czars, Exhibition Catalogue, A La Vieille Russie, New York, March 15 - April 20, 1991, fig. 201, 202 and 206 for oviform replacements to this service