A GROUP OF PORCELAIN FROM THE KREMLIN SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIODS OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855) AND ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)
Comprising two tazzas, five teacups, seven saucers and nine dessert plates; the tazza, teacups and saucers, painted with a medallion of scrolling foliage or a black double-headed eagle and stylised flowerheads in red, green and blue on a black ground within a band of green palmettes on a gilt ciselé ground, marked under bases with green underglaze factory marks; the dessert plates, painted with stylized blossoms on gilt ground with foliate sprays at intervals around the Imperial double-headed eagle and the Russian title of Nicholas I, marked under bases with blue underglaze factory marks, all with red palace inventory numbers
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter and smaller
A GROUP OF PORCELAIN FROM THE KREMLIN SERVICE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIODS OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855) AND ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)
Comprising two tazzas, five teacups, seven saucers and nine dessert plates; the tazza, teacups and saucers, painted with a medallion of scrolling foliage or a black double-headed eagle and stylised flowerheads in red, green and blue on a black ground within a band of green palmettes on a gilt ciselé ground, marked under bases with green underglaze factory marks; the dessert plates, painted with stylized blossoms on gilt ground with foliate sprays at intervals around the Imperial double-headed eagle and the Russian title of Nicholas I, marked under bases with blue underglaze factory marks, all with red palace inventory numbers
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter and smaller
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