Lot Essay
For similar examples from the Mikhailovsky Service, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, pp. 251-253.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1819-1822
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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE MIKHAILOVSKY SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1819-1822
Circular, one painted with an allegory of Justice, signed and dated ‘Adams.1819’, the other painted with goddess Ceres and her daughter Proserpina, signed ‘K. Adams ft.’, each framed within a gilt band, the white ground outer border with a continuous band of gilt rosettes and palmettes, flanked by green geometric bands, each incised under base with Cyrillic 'P' and numeral '8'
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) diameter each
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1819-1822
Circular, one painted with an allegory of Justice, signed and dated ‘Adams.1819’, the other painted with goddess Ceres and her daughter Proserpina, signed ‘K. Adams ft.’, each framed within a gilt band, the white ground outer border with a continuous band of gilt rosettes and palmettes, flanked by green geometric bands, each incised under base with Cyrillic 'P' and numeral '8'
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) diameter each
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