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A PORCELAIN MILITARY PLATE
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A PORCELAIN MILITARY PLATE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II, 1872

Closed28 November 2011

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A PORCELAIN MILITARY PLATE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II, 1872
Circular, the centre painted with three mounted officers of the Ural Cossack Army by A. Mironov, the lilac borders with gilt edge and ribbon-tied laurel and oak surmounted by the Imperial coat-of-arms, marked under base with green underglaze factory mark
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) diameter

Anichkov Museum, no. 7935.
By repute, acquired by the mother of the present owner in Leningrad in 1927-1928.

Specialist note

The Russian inscription under base reads: 'The Ural Cossack Army. After the paint[ing] by Piratskii A. Mironov. [18]72.' Also with the Anichkov Museum label attached on reverse and inscribed in Russian 'CITY MUSEUM Historical premises of the Anichkov palace. 0 N 7935 I'.