Three porcelain military plates, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Alexander II, 1871-1875

Property of a Gentleman (lots 1-3, 54, 100-110)

Three porcelain military plates, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Alexander II, 1871-1875

One with the cavetto depicting the Semirechyenskoe Cossack Host, after a painting by Piratsky and signed A. Mironov, dated 1875, with underglazed green and blue Imperial cypher of Alexander II, the second depicting the Life Guards First Artillery Brigade, after a painting by Piratsky and signed by V. Kirsanov, with underglazed green and blue Imperial cypher of Alexander II, the third depicting the 5th Alexander Hussar Regiments named after Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich the Elder and the 6th Klyastitsky Hussar Regiment named after Prince Ludwig of Hesse after a painting by Piratsky and signed by N. Kholshevnikov, dated 1871, with underglazed green Imperial cypher of Alexander II, all surmounted by the imperial double-headed eagle

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diameter 24.5cm, 9 3/4 in.