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A PART SET OF PORCELAIN TABLEWARES FROM THE GRAND DUCHESS MARIA NIKOLAEVNA SERVICE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855) AND ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)

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A PART SET OF PORCELAIN TABLEWARES FROM THE GRAND DUCHESS MARIA NIKOLAEVNA SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855) AND ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)
Comprising eight luncheon plates, fifty four dinner plates, five circular serving dishes, two tazzas, two covered teapots, one covered sugar bowl, four cups and three saucers, each with a monogram ‘MM’ beneath the Imperial crown, probably for Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna and her husband Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg, marked under bases
The serving dish 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1819-1876) was the second child of Nicholas I and Alexandra Feodorovna. Maria married Maximilian de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg in 1839. This service was probably commissioned to the Imperial Porcelain Factory to mark the union of Maria and Maximilian. The decoration is very similar in style to the service of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, a son of Emperor Alexander II.

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