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A Porcelain plate from the Imperial Yacht Livadiya Service
IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II, CIRCA 1871-1873
Details
A Porcelain plate from the Imperial Yacht Livadiya Service
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander II, circa 1871-1873
Hexagonal, with scalloped rim and green border decorated with intertwined chains set at intervals with anchors, centered with a grisaille painted roundel with an Imperial crown, all within a ribbon-tied laurel, marked under base with green cipher
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diam.
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander II, circa 1871-1873
Hexagonal, with scalloped rim and green border decorated with intertwined chains set at intervals with anchors, centered with a grisaille painted roundel with an Imperial crown, all within a ribbon-tied laurel, marked under base with green cipher
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diam.
Further details
This service was designed by the architect and professor of the Academy of Art in St. Petersburg, Ippolit Monighetti (1819-1878). Monighetti was asked by Alexander II to design his summer residence in Livadiya, Crimea, and also to refurbish the Imperial Yachts Livadiya and Derzhava.