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A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH
Lot 145

A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I

Closed16 April 2012

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A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I
Circular, the center gilt with octofoil strapwork, the border decorated with gilt, green and red foliate and strapwork ornament, centering an Imperial double-headed eagle, with the monogram of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

Based on a design by Feodor Solntsev (1801-1892), the designer of the Kremlin Service, this service was made between 1848-1852. It was ordered on the occasion of the marriage of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich to Alexandra Iosifovna, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg in 1848.