Lot Essay
The plates were copied from the original service by Coalport, John Rose and Co, circa 1845 which was commissioned by Queen Victoria and exhibited at the Great Exibition in London in 1851. This service was presented to Nicholas I.
Cf. Antoinette Fay-Hallé & Barbara Mundt, Nineteenth Century European Porcelain (London, 1983), illustrated p. 206.
For the plates from the this service by Coalport and the Imperial Porcelain Factory see Christie's catalogue of 21 April 1988, lots 153 - 156
Cf. Antoinette Fay-Hallé & Barbara Mundt, Nineteenth Century European Porcelain (London, 1983), illustrated p. 206.
For the plates from the this service by Coalport and the Imperial Porcelain Factory see Christie's catalogue of 21 April 1988, lots 153 - 156