A part porcelain tea-set from the Derzhava Service, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, periods of Alexander II (1855-1881) and Alexander III (1881-1896)

comprising teapot, coffee-pot, slop-bowl, four cups and saucers and a milk-jug and saucer, the bodies with green and black bands, blue medallions at intervals decorated with gilt anchors and Imperial eagles fashioned from ropes, with green Imperial cyphers for Alexander II and Alexander III

The Imperial yacht Derzhava was ustilised by three Tsars, Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II.  It was in service for over twenty-seven years and is said to be the largest and most opulent yacht built in Imperial Russia.  The interior, including the porcelain, was designed by the architect Monigetti, famous for building the Polytechnic Museum in St Petersburg and the main staircase in the Grand Catherine Palace.