MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 1-2 Dec 2010
1 December 2010
719. A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM A MILITARY SERVICE
IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER III (1881-1894), DATED 1883
Diameter 25 cm
50,000-70,000 GBP
The cavetto painted with 6th Cavalry Division, the gold border centered with an Imperial eagle flanked by a wreath of laurel and oak leaves, after a painting by Charlemagne, the reverse with an identifying inscription, signed by V. Midin and dated 1883, with green Imperial cipher of Alexander III
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