AUCTION 26: RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

TWO RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN NICHOLAS I PLATES

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Start price: $1,500

Estimated price: $2,500 - $3,500

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A Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plate from the Farm Palace Banquet Service, St. Petersburg, reign of Alexander III (ca. 1892). Of a circular form with gilt and white scrolls to a lavender ground, the center with the cipher of Tsar AII surmounted by a crown for Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich, the future Emperor Alexander II, with blue factory mark to the reverse. Reference: Imperial Porcelain Factory, page 471.

Dimensions: Very good, both plates have small chips on the verso. The front part of the plate is not damaged.

Dimensions: D: 10 in., (25.3 cm)