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A set of three Russian Imperial porcelain factory plates from…
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Sydney
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24-May-2015
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A set of three Russian Imperial porcelain factory plates from the Kremlin service, period of Nicholas I (1825-1855), each dessert plate centrally painted with double headed black Imperial eagle with Cyrillic title of Nicholas I bordered by interspersed red blossom motifs and entwined foliate border with blue and green flowers, each with blue Imperial cipher of Nicholas I and red Kremlin Palace inventory numbers. Notes: This famed service was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I in 1836., the artwork was designed by painter and archaeologist Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) his inspiration for these plates were drawn from a jewelled, gold and enamelled plate made in 1667 for Natalia Kirilovna, nee Naryshkina, wife of the second Romanov Tsar, Alexei Mikhailovich
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Precious Objects: Russian works of art