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A PORCELAIN SAUCE BOAT AND STAND FROM THE SERVICE OF THE SULTAN OF TURKEY
Lot 296

A PORCELAIN SAUCE BOAT AND STAND FROM THE SERVICE OF THE SULTAN OF TURKEY

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)

Closed3 June 2019

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GBP 1,375

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A PORCELAIN SAUCE BOAT AND STAND FROM THE SERVICE OF THE SULTAN OF TURKEY
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)
Both painted with floral sprays and trailing gilt scrolls amidst blue cartouches on a white ground, with gilt rims, both with gilt scroll handles, both marked under bases with blue overglaze factory marks
The stand, 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) long

Specialist note

This service was ordered by Emperor Nicholas I in 1834 as a gift for Mahmud II, the Sultan of Turkey (1808-1839), to mark the signing of the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi in 1833, which secured Russian access to the Dardanelles. Part of this service is on display in the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul.