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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION
A VERY LARGE PORCELAIN TAZZA FROM THE BANQUETING SERVICE FOR THE GRAND PETERHOF PALACE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)
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A VERY LARGE PORCELAIN TAZZA FROM THE BANQUETING SERVICE FOR THE GRAND PETERHOF PALACE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)
Circular, the upper body formed to simulate eight overlapping 'cabbage leaves', on a spreading foot similarly decorated, each leaf painted with floral motifs, within a blue border and gilt rim, with two molded scroll handles, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
16 in. (40.7 cm.) wide across handles
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)
Circular, the upper body formed to simulate eight overlapping 'cabbage leaves', on a spreading foot similarly decorated, each leaf painted with floral motifs, within a blue border and gilt rim, with two molded scroll handles, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
16 in. (40.7 cm.) wide across handles
Provenance
Friedrich Eduardovich Krimmer (1888-1963), economist and important Russian Art collector.
Acquired from the estate of the above by the parents of the present owner in the 1960s.
Acquired from the estate of the above by the parents of the present owner in the 1960s.
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Alexis de Tiesenhausen