AN IMPERIAL ARMORIAL PLATE painted en grisaille, gilt and iron-red and enamelled in blue at the centre with a double-headed eagle, surmounted by a crown, holding an orb and mace, the chest bearing a shield depicting St George spearing a winged dragon, the well gilt with feathery scrolls and the border with flower-heads at the compass points symetrically divided by four smaller ones (rim fritted, gilt on border rubbed), circa 1740

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AN IMPERIAL ARMORIAL PLATE painted en grisaille, gilt and iron-red and enamelled in blue at the centre with a double-headed eagle, surmounted by a crown, holding an orb and mace, the chest bearing a shield depicting St George spearing a winged dragon, the well gilt with feathery scrolls and the border with flower-heads at the compass points symetrically divided by four smaller ones (rim fritted, gilt on border rubbed), circa 1740
23cm. diam.

Lot Essay

The back of the dish bears a Russian inventory letter and number painted in red.
The arms are those of Catherine the Great of Russia who reigned from 1762-1796. Cf. M. Beurdeley, op. cit., p. 126 and cat. 210 for a single plate from this service, formerly in the Pierre Blazy Collection, Paris. The elaborate gilt scrollwork around the border is inspired by Meissen design. Cf. also C. le Corbeiller, op. cit., p. 110 for the example in the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, also illustrated by F. et. N. Hervouet and Y. Bruneau, op. cit., p. 332, pl. 14.23

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