A Set of Six Russian Porcelain Soup Plates from the Service of the Order of St. George, Gardner Manufactory, Verbilki, 1777-1778

with scalloped gilt rims, the border with the orange and black striped sash of the order interwoven with laurel branches, the center with the order's star, with blue factory mark and impressed marks in paste

Collection of Paul-Louis Weiler (1893-1993)
Anonymous

very bright and attractive, several with losses to gilding around the rim, one with losses to foot, and one with an area of discoloration in the cavetto that may indicate an old repair. Evidence of a repair is not visible under UV light, however.
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