A Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory cabinet cup and saucer circa 1830-40

the lobed cup decorated with a gilt vermiculé ground set with trompe l'oeil  cartouches of inlaid precious stones flanked by leaf and platinum ornaments, the handle mounted with neo-Gothic ornaments picked out in green, red and blue enamels against the gold ground, the twelve-sided saucer with similar decoration around the rim, the centre of the well with a Russian design

In the 1830's the Imperial Porcelain Factory under Nicholas I turned to historical romanticism and eclecticism. The decoration scheme seems reminiscent of the taste for pseudo-Gothic decoration, as can be found on famous Imperial Porcelain Factory services such as the Gothic Service and the Kremlin service.