JUNIOR OFFICERS OF THE GUARD ATAMANSKI COSSACK REGIMENT: A PORCELAIN MILITARY PLATE, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1834

JUNIOR OFFICERS OF THE GUARD ATAMANSKI COSSACK REGIMENT: A PORCELAIN MILITARY PLATE, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1834

the cavetto depicting an officer of the Guard Atamanski Cossack Regiment on horseback galloping near a bridge, after a painting by V.Stoletov, the border with gilt ciselé laurel wreaths, double-headed eagles, and trophies and helmets of the regiment, the reverse inscribed 'Officier Subalterne du Rt. de S: A: J: L'Heritier / V.Stoletov / 1834', with blue Imperial cypher of Nicholas I and paper label n. 1184

diameter 25cm, 9⅞in.