Lot 541
  • 541

Soldier of the Regiment of the Guard of the Grodno Hussars: A porcelain military plate, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, dated 1834

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • porcelain, paint, gilding
  • diameter 23.5cm, 9 1/4 in.
the underside titled in French, with black overglaze cypher of Nicholas I, signed N. Yakovlev, gilt-inscribed x.1

Condition

The cavetto with areas of surface loss around the edges, some of which with old restoration. These are visible in the catalogue photo.
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