A Porcelain Military Plate
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, Period of Alexander II
Circular, the centre painted with officers and soldiers from the Life Guard Reserve Regiment Instructor Battalion, one officer mounted with tents and troops in the background, within a gilt rim, impressed and ciselé with a ribbon-tied wreath of laurel and oak leaves converging on the Imperial arms, inscribed on the reverse in Russian 'Instructor Battalion L[ife] G[uard] Reserve Regiment After the paint[ing] by Balashev [copied by] M. Ivanov. 1876 [yr.]', marked under base with underglaze green factory mark
9 5/8 in. (24.2 cm.) diameter
A Porcelain Military Plate
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, Period of Alexander II
Circular, the centre painted with officers and soldiers from the Life Guard Reserve Regiment Instructor Battalion, one officer mounted with tents and troops in the background, within a gilt rim, impressed and ciselé with a ribbon-tied wreath of laurel and oak leaves converging on the Imperial arms, inscribed on the reverse in Russian 'Instructor Battalion L[ife] G[uard] Reserve Regiment After the paint[ing] by Balashev [copied by] M. Ivanov. 1876 [yr.]', marked under base with underglaze green factory mark
9 5/8 in. (24.2 cm.) diameter
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