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A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE MIKHAILOVSKY SERVICE
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A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE MIKHAILOVSKY SERVICE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1819-1822

Closed3 June 2013

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A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE MIKHAILOVSKY SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I, 1819-1822
Circular, the centre painted with an allegory of classical love, framed within a gilt band, the white ground outer border with a continuous band of gilt rosettes and palmettes, flanked by green geometric bands, incised under base with Cyrillic 'r' and numeral '2'
9 in. (24.6 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

The Mikhailovsky Service was named for Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich (1798-1849), the fourth son of Emperor Paul I and Empress Maria Feodorovna, for use at his residence-- the Mikhailovsky Palace in St Petersburg. The dessert plates were painted with copies of works by European artists and carried out by the leading painters at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, such as S.A. Golov, G. Ziuzin and V.F. Meshcheriakov.
For further examples from the Mikhailovsky Service, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, pp. 251-253.