A Porcelain Cup and Cover on a Figural Stand
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, dated 1898
The two-handled cup on dark blue ground, the borders with gilt ciselé berries and foliage interspersed with rosettes in circular and diamond lozenges within reeding, the body with further beaded scroll border, the gilt ciselé handles formed as acanthus leaves, the circular foot on gilt cislelé figural pedestal realistically modelled as a kneeling female figure in sarafan and kokoshnik holding drapery, the circular base with white glazed border, marked under base with underglaze green factory mark and incised 2
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) high (2)
A Porcelain Cup and Cover on a Figural Stand
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, dated 1898
The two-handled cup on dark blue ground, the borders with gilt ciselé berries and foliage interspersed with rosettes in circular and diamond lozenges within reeding, the body with further beaded scroll border, the gilt ciselé handles formed as acanthus leaves, the circular foot on gilt cislelé figural pedestal realistically modelled as a kneeling female figure in sarafan and kokoshnik holding drapery, the circular base with white glazed border, marked under base with underglaze green factory mark and incised 2
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) high (2)
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