TWO PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE DOWRY SERVICE OF GRAND DUCHESS CATHERINE PAVLOVNA
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF PAUL I (1796-1801) AND ALEXANDER I (1801-1825)
Comprising a dinner and soup plate, each circular, the centres painted with a view of Glérolles Castle and Island of Saint Lazarus within gilt frame, the border painted at intervals with three pale yellow cartouches centring architectural views painted en grisaille on rust ground, the upper border with a band of pink roses and entwining green branches, gilt rim, the reverses inscribed 'Vue de l'Isle du Lazareth' and 'Vüe du chateau de Glérolle', marked under base with blue underglaze factory marks, one also incised with numerals and letters
9 ½ in. (24.3 cm.) diameter, and smaller
TWO PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE DOWRY SERVICE OF GRAND DUCHESS CATHERINE PAVLOVNA
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF PAUL I (1796-1801) AND ALEXANDER I (1801-1825)
Comprising a dinner and soup plate, each circular, the centres painted with a view of Glérolles Castle and Island of Saint Lazarus within gilt frame, the border painted at intervals with three pale yellow cartouches centring architectural views painted en grisaille on rust ground, the upper border with a band of pink roses and entwining green branches, gilt rim, the reverses inscribed 'Vue de l'Isle du Lazareth' and 'Vüe du chateau de Glérolle', marked under base with blue underglaze factory marks, one also incised with numerals and letters
9 ½ in. (24.3 cm.) diameter, and smaller
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