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A PORCELAIN PLATE
Lot 297

A PORCELAIN PLATE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796)

Closed3 June 2019

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GBP 3,500

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A PORCELAIN PLATE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796)
Circular, the centre painted with the coat-of-arms of Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, surmounted by a coronet, within a ribbon of the Order of St Andrew, painted with flowers, the border moulded with a basket weave design, marked under base with blue underglaze factory mark
9 in. (22.7 cm.) diameter

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Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, known in Russia as Count Christophor Antonovich Minikh, (1683-1767) was a major political figure, who played an important role during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739. Empress Catherine the Great employed Count Minikh as director general of the Baltic ports. He served under Catherine the Great for five years until his death in 1767.