A Porcelain Plate
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, 1840s
Circular, the centre painted with the coat of arms of the Princes Iusupov: a gilt lion holding in his right paw a four-sided shield, on green ground, framed within a yellow band with an inscription in old Russian script, further framed within an inner and outer multi-coloured border with floral design, apparently unmarked
11 in. (28 cm.) diameter
A Porcelain Plate
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, 1840s
Circular, the centre painted with the coat of arms of the Princes Iusupov: a gilt lion holding in his right paw a four-sided shield, on green ground, framed within a yellow band with an inscription in old Russian script, further framed within an inner and outer multi-coloured border with floral design, apparently unmarked
11 in. (28 cm.) diameter