Lot 98
  • 98

A group of thirteen Russian porcelain plates from the Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich Service, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Period of Alexander III (1881-1894) and Nicholas II (1894-1917), dated 1888 to 1907

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • porcelain
  • Diameter 8 5/8 in. (22 cm)
the pierced, shaped border with rococo scrolls and flowerheads, the cavetto centered with the blue and gilt cypher of Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich (the future Emperor Nicholas II) surmounted by the Imperial crown, with green Imperial cypher marks of Alexander III and Nicholas II

Condition

overall good condition
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Catalogue Note

On this service, see N.B. von Wolf (ed. T.N. Nosovich), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St. Petersburg, 2003, p. 50.