TWENTY-TWO PORCELAIN DINNER PLATES, ONE SIDE PLATE AND FIVE CUPS AND SAUCERS FROM THE BANQUETING SERVICE FOR THE GRAND PETERHOF PALACE

TWENTY-TWO PORCELAIN DINNER PLATES, ONE SIDE PLATE AND FIVE CUPS AND SAUCERS FROM THE BANQUETING SERVICE FOR THE GRAND PETERHOF PALACE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIODS OF NICHOLAS I, ALEXANDER III, AND NICHOLAS II
Each plate circular, with undulating gilt rim, three cobalt blue 'cabbage leaf' patterns within the cavetto, enclosing polychrome bouquets and floral sprays, cups and saucers similarly decorated, nineteen plates and one cup and saucer marked with underglaze factory mark of Nicholas I, two plates and one cup and saucer marked under bases with underglaze factory mark of Alexander III, one dinner plate, one side plate and three cups and saucers marked under bases with underglaze factory mark of Nicholas II; together with one 18th century feuilles-de-choux Sèvres dinner plate
Dinner plates 9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.) diameter and smaller