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A PORCELAIN SERVING PLATTER FROM THE FARM PALACE BANQUET SERVICE
Lot 317

A PORCELAIN SERVING PLATTER FROM THE FARM PALACE BANQUET SERVICE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I

Closed6 June 2011

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GBP 4,375

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A PORCELAIN SERVING PLATTER FROM THE FARM PALACE BANQUET SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I
Oval, with scalloped rim, the centre decorated with the gilt monogram 'A' beneath the Imperial crown, within stylised white and gilt scrolling acanthus, the blue border with a band of ciselé gilt and white C-scrolls, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
16¾ in. (42.6 cm.) long

Specialist note

Intended for the Farm Palace in the Alexandria Park in Peterhof, the Banqueting Service with the monogram 'A' was completed in 1840-1841 upon the order of Nicholas I for his elder son and heir to the throne, the Grand Duke Alexander, the future Tsar Alexander II. The Service included dinner, dessert and tea sets, intended for a hundred and twenty five people, the entire Service amounting to 3,300 pieces. Additional pieces were produced after the coronation of the Emperor Alexander II and replacements continued to be produced.

For other examples from this service see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St. Petersburg, 2008, p. 471.