TWO PORCELAIN MILITARY PLATES

TWO PORCELAIN MILITARY PLATES
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)
Each circular, one painted with officers of the Life Guard Atamanskii Regiment, the other painted with officers of the Life Guard Cuirassier Regiment of His Majesty, within a lilac border decorated with the Imperial double-headed eagle and gilt laurel and oak leaf wreath, both inscribed in Russian under base and signed in Cyrillic 'After the pain[ting] by Piratskii N. Kholshevnikov', marked under base with green underglaze and blue overglaze factory marks
9 ¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter