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A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE YACHT SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF CATHERINE II
Oval, the centre painted with six laurel swags forming a frame enclosing a stylised gold and purple cartouche containing a black double-headed eagle with a wreath of victory in one claw and a flag with crossed anchors in the other, the border decorated with blue, red, purple and green stylised design, small chips to the edge, marked under the base
14in. (35.5cm.) wide
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF CATHERINE II
Oval, the centre painted with six laurel swags forming a frame enclosing a stylised gold and purple cartouche containing a black double-headed eagle with a wreath of victory in one claw and a flag with crossed anchors in the other, the border decorated with blue, red, purple and green stylised design, small chips to the edge, marked under the base
14in. (35.5cm.) wide
Literature
N. Wolff, The Imperial Porcelain Factory, (St. Petersburg, 1907), illus. p. 87 for pieces from this service
S. Troïnitskii, 'The Porcelain Gallery at the Imperial Hermitage', Old Years, (October, 1911) p. 17, pl. 74
G. Lukomski, Russisches Porzellan, (Berlin, 1924), pls. 15-30
E. Ivanova, Russian Applied Art, (Leningrad, 1986), pls. 54, 55
S. Troïnitskii, 'The Porcelain Gallery at the Imperial Hermitage', Old Years, (October, 1911) p. 17, pl. 74
G. Lukomski, Russisches Porzellan, (Berlin, 1924), pls. 15-30
E. Ivanova, Russian Applied Art, (Leningrad, 1986), pls. 54, 55