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A SET OF EIGHT PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855), 1848-1852
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A SET OF EIGHT PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855), 1848-1852
centred with stylised gilt flowerheads, the borders with emerald green, gilt, brick and black strapwork ornament relieved by medallions with the Imperial double-headed eagle and the Grand Duke's cipher, with blue Imperial cypher of Nicholas I
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diameter 23.9cm, 9⅜in.
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Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892), designer of the Kremlin Service, used similar elements of strapwork and state symbols in this service ordered on the occasion of the marriage Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich to Alexandra Iosifovna, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg in 1848.