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Two Porcelain Plates from the Service for the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, 1778-1780
Property from a North Carolina Collection
Two Porcelain Plates from the Service for the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, 1778-1780
Two Porcelain Plates from the Service for the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, 1778-1780
Property from a North Carolina Collection
Two Porcelain Plates from the Service for the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, 1778-1780
of circular form with scalloped, gilded rims, the borders painted with the sash and badge of the order, the centers with the star of the order with the Cyrillic motto Za trud i otechestvo (For Labor and Fatherland), with blue and impressed factory marks on the undersides
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diameter 23.5cm, 9 1/3in.
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Acquired from A La Vieille Russie, New York in 1982, and thence by descent