PROBABLY BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, 19TH CENTURY

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Three porcelain plates with views
probably by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, 19th century
Circular, the first painted with a view of the Gatchina Palace, within gilt, vine scroll and pink borders and gilt rim, the reverse inscribed in French; and a pair, printed and painted with views, one signed Galaktionov, within gilt and green bands with outer foliate gilt border and gilt rim, each with Russian inscription on reverse, View of the Fortress in St. Petersburg and View of Kamenii Ostrov Palace, apparently unmarked
9¾ in. (25.8 cm.) diam. and 9 3/8 in. (23.9 cm.) diam. (3)

Provenance

Christie's Geneva, 16 November 1994, lots 339 and 334.

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Lot Essay

Alexander I reorganized the Imperial Porcelain Factory under the directorship of Count D. A. Gur'ev. During this period the technique of transfer-printing was introduced to copy prints of popular paintings and drawings. The images on these plates are from a series of twenty-three views of Gachina, Kamennoi Ostrov, Pavlovsk and Peterhof by S. Galaktionov et al, after Galaktionov, S. Shchedrin and M. Shotochnikov.

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