A Porcelain Plate
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, Period of Alexander I, circa 1820
Circular, the centre painted after H.A. Adams with a classical allegory of love between a shepherd and a maiden on a hillside, within a gilt band, the white ground outer border with a frieze of gilt rosettes within roundels and a gilt rim, inscribed on the reverse 'Les deux amis', with remnants of paper label inscribed 'Museum [...]' apparently for Anichkov Palace, indistinctly incised under base
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diameter
A Porcelain Plate
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, Period of Alexander I, circa 1820
Circular, the centre painted after H.A. Adams with a classical allegory of love between a shepherd and a maiden on a hillside, within a gilt band, the white ground outer border with a frieze of gilt rosettes within roundels and a gilt rim, inscribed on the reverse 'Les deux amis', with remnants of paper label inscribed 'Museum [...]' apparently for Anichkov Palace, indistinctly incised under base
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diameter
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