Six porcelain dinner plates from the Guriev service, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, periods of Alexander II (1855-1881), Alexander III (1881-1894), and Nicholas II (1894-1917)

the cavettos decorated with rosettes within red ochre and gilt frieze borders, with green Imperial ciphers of Alexander II, Alexander III, dated 1890 and 1892, and of Nicholas II, dated 1896

There is rubbing to the gilding particularly to the rosettes on the cavetto. One plate, dated 1890, has a chip to the base rim and a further shallow chip to the base. Otherwise the plates are in apparent good condition consistent with age.
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