A PAIR OF PSEUDO-SHADED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PORCELAIN PLATES

BY THE KORNILOV BROTHERS PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

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A PAIR OF PSEUDO-SHADED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PORCELAIN PLATES
BY THE KORNILOV BROTHERS PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
The center of each with stylized flowers and scrolling foliage on an apple green ground, the border with similar decoration alternating blue and gold panels, marked under bases
Each 9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diameter (2)

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The design of the above plates is very similar if not imitating the cloisonné enamel technique which was extremely popular among Moscow silversmiths around 1890. Russian historicism which was also quite fashionable at this time.

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