A PORCELAIN BOTTLE COOLER FROM THE DOWRY SERVICE FOR GRAND DUCHESS MARIA PAVLOVNA
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF PAUL I (1796-1801)
Of cylindrical form, the sides painted with views of the Sicilian Mount Erice and ruins of the Temple of Juno in Agrigento in oval reserves, top rim decorated with rosette lozenges, the handles modelled as ram's heads, inscribed in French under base, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) wide
A PORCELAIN BOTTLE COOLER FROM THE DOWRY SERVICE FOR GRAND DUCHESS MARIA PAVLOVNA
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF PAUL I (1796-1801)
Of cylindrical form, the sides painted with views of the Sicilian Mount Erice and ruins of the Temple of Juno in Agrigento in oval reserves, top rim decorated with rosette lozenges, the handles modelled as ram's heads, inscribed in French under base, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) wide