Lot 31 | Imperial Porcelain Manufacture | THREE PORCELAIN DESSERT PLATES FROM THE SERVICE OF THE GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAYEVICH OF RUSSIA

THREE PORCELAIN DESSERT PLATES FROM THE SERVICE OF THE GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAYEVICH OF RUSSIA.

Imperial Porcelain Manufacture. St. Petersburg.

Date: Periode Nicholas I (1848-1855).
Maker/Designer: Model F.G. Solnzew, 1848.
Technique: Porcelain, enriched in colours, golden.
Description: Fyodor Solntsev created an ornamental band decoration that is based on the formal language
of of old Russian enamel work and is coloured red. On the flag, a cartouche with the
imperial double-headed eagle and a cartouche with the monogram of the Grand Duke 'BKKH'
face each other. The ornamentation of the flag continues into the mirror, where it meets
in the centre in a rosette.
Measurement: ø 22cm.
Mark: Manufacture mark: Ligated monogram N I (Cyrillic) under crown, painted blue under the glaze. Var. painter's marks and cameo numbers.

Provenance:
Private collection Rhineland.

Literature:
Exhib. cat.: Das weisse Gold der Zaren - Porzellan der Kaiserlichen Porzellanmanufaktur Sankt Petersburg aus den Beständen der Staatlichen Ermitage Sankt Petersburg, Tamara Kudrjawzewa, Aichelberg 2000. On the present service see p.138 and p.185.