Lot Essay
For similarly designed plates, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, pp. 240-243.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1815-1825
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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN PLATES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1815-1825
Each circular, one painted with a view of the Peterhof Gardens, the other with a view of the Triumphal Gates in Gatchina, each framed within a gilt band, the green outer border decorated with gilt foliate band, all inscribed on the reverse in Russian, apparently unmarked, incised with letters and numerals under base
9½ in. (24 cm.) diameter and smaller
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1815-1825
Each circular, one painted with a view of the Peterhof Gardens, the other with a view of the Triumphal Gates in Gatchina, each framed within a gilt band, the green outer border decorated with gilt foliate band, all inscribed on the reverse in Russian, apparently unmarked, incised with letters and numerals under base
9½ in. (24 cm.) diameter and smaller
Special notice
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