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A SET OF THREE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY PLATES FROM THE KREMLIN SERVICE, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)
Each dessert plate centrally painted with double headed black imperial eagle with Cyrillic title of Nicholas I bordered by interspersed red blossom motifs and entwined foliate border with blue and green flowers, each with blue Imperial cipher of Nicholas I and red Kremlin Palace inventory numbers.
Notes: This famed service was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I in 1836. The artwork was designed by painter and archaeologist Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) his inspiration for these plates were drawn from a jewelled, gold and enamelled plate made in 1667 for Natalia Kirilovna, née Naryshkina, wife of the second Romanov Tsar, Alexei Mikhailovich.
Sold for $4,000
Lot 460
Each dessert plate centrally painted with double headed black imperial eagle with Cyrillic title of Nicholas I bordered by interspersed red blossom motifs and entwined foliate border with blue and green flowers, each with blue Imperial cipher of Nicholas I and red Kremlin Palace inventory numbers.
Notes: This famed service was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I in 1836. The artwork was designed by painter and archaeologist Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) his inspiration for these plates were drawn from a jewelled, gold and enamelled plate made in 1667 for Natalia Kirilovna, née Naryshkina, wife of the second Romanov Tsar, Alexei Mikhailovich.
Estimate $5,000 - $8,000
Jewels, Objets D'Art & Asian Works of Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8050
1:00pm - 24 May 2015
Sydney
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