Lot Essay
The present dishes are from a service referred to as the 'Rainbow Service' which may have been commissioned for a hunting lodge.
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A ST. PETERSBURG ASSEMBLED PART DINNER SERVICE CIRCA 1830 (NICHOLAS I), UNDERGLAZE AND STENCILLED CROWNED MARKS
Painted with a loose bouquet within a rim of similar flowers and animals and figures within gilt cartouches reserved against variant colored grounds, comprising:
Twelve dinner plates (minor wear)--10 3/8in. (26.3cm.) diameter
Two graduated circular platters (the largest with hairline crack to the rim, the smaller with a star crack to the underside)--13¾in. (33.6cm.) diameter, the largest (14)
Painted with a loose bouquet within a rim of similar flowers and animals and figures within gilt cartouches reserved against variant colored grounds, comprising:
Twelve dinner plates (minor wear)--10 3/8in. (26.3cm.) diameter
Two graduated circular platters (the largest with hairline crack to the rim, the smaller with a star crack to the underside)--13¾in. (33.6cm.) diameter, the largest (14)