TWO PORCELAIN VERRIÈRES FROM THE DOWRY SERVICE OF GRAND DUCHESS CATHERINE PAVLOVNA

TWO PORCELAIN VERRIÈRES FROM THE DOWRY SERVICE OF GRAND DUCHESS CATHERINE PAVLOVNA
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I (1801-1825)
Each oval with scalloped rim, one painted with views of the Italian cities of Palermo and Syracuse, the other with views of the Sicilian Mount Erice and ruins of the Temple of Juno in Agrigento in oval reserves, within gilt frame, the border painted with pale yellow cartouches centring architectural views painted en grisaille, and a floral band, the scalloped rim also painted with roses and gilt laurel, with gilt angular handles, both inscribed in French under base, one marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark, the other incised with numerals

12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide