AUCTION # 30: RUSSIAN APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ART

TWO RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN NICHOLAS I PLATES

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Start price: $1,500

Estimated price: $2,500 - $3,000

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Two Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plates from the Farm Palace Banquet Service, St. Petersburg, reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855). Of a circular form with gilt and white scrolls to a lavender ground, the center with the cipher Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich (the future Emperor Alexander II) surmounted by a crown. With a 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.

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