A porcelain soup plate from the St. Alexander Nevskii Order service

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THE IMPERIAL ORDER SERVICES In 1777, Catherine the Great issued an ukaz commissioning the Francis Gardner Factory to make services decorated with the ribbons, badges and stars of the more important Imperial Orders (St. George, St. Andrew, St. Alexander Nevskii and St. Vladimir) for use once a year at the Winter Palace, when the Knights of each order dined on their appropriate Saint's Feast Day. The Gardner factory produced uniquely Russian services, rather then mere copies of European models. The service for the Order of St. George, numbering sixty knights, was completed in November 1778. The Order of St. Andrew and St. Alexander Nevskii numbered thirty knights each, and these were completed in 1780. The cost was considered enormous, 15,931 rubles in all, 6,000 rubles for the St. George service alone. The services so pleased the Court that in 1783, Catherine II issued another ukaz for the service for the Order of St. Vladimir, numbering 140 knights, which was completed in 1785.

A porcelain soup plate from the St. Alexander Nevskii Order service

BY THE GARDNER FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1780

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A porcelain soup plate from the St. Alexander Nevskii Order service
by the Gardner Factory, St. Petersburg, circa 1780
With undulating gilt border, decorated in the centre with the Star of the Order, the rim decorated with the sash and the cross of the Order, marked under base
8 7/8 in. (22. 5 cm.) diam.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis