A porcelain dessert plate from the Raphael service

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The Raphael Service was the largest and most important porcelain service produced during the reign of Alexander III (1881-1894) and was only completed in 1903. Made by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, the designs were originally derived from Raphael frescoes in the loggins of the Vatican. These were subsequently reproduced in the Winter Palace by Quarenghi (1783-1872) during the reign of Catherine the Great, and probably served as a direct source of inspiration to Alexander III when he commissioned the service.

A porcelain dessert plate from the Raphael service

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III, WITH LARGE PAINTED GILDED CYPHER OF THE REIGNING TSAR

Details

A porcelain dessert plate from the Raphael service
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Alexander III, with large painted gilded cypher of the reigning Tsar
Circular, the centre decorated with a classical figure on a dark grey ground within a hexagonal border on white ground, the border with additional figures alternating with classical-style friezes, grottesques and foliate decoration, the rim and base edged in gilt, marked under base
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.

Literature

Wolffe, The Imperial Porcelain Factory, 1744-1904, St. Petersburg, 1908, p. 292 and 402-405, illustrated.
A. K. Lanceray, Russian Porcelain, Leningrad, 1968, p. 42 and 181, illustrated.

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