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186310
A set of three Russian plates, Imperial Porcelain manufactory, period of Emperor Alexander III and Nicholas II.
Estimate
12 000 - 15 000 SEK
1 070 - 1 340 EUR
1 090 - 1 360 USD
Hammer price
11 000 SEK
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A set of three Russian plates, Imperial Porcelain manufactory, period of Emperor Alexander III and Nicholas II.
Diameter 22-22,4 cm.
Wear to gilding.
Provenance
Additions to the Ministerial (Ropsha) Service from 1827.
Literature
Kudriavtserva, Tamara; Russian Imperial Porcelain.
More information
The service was ordered by the minister of the Imperial Court Prince P Volkonsky (1776-1852) for the Winter Palace. It was designed for 60 persons and comprised dinner and desert sets, in all 1500 objects and named the Ministerial Service. In 1853 a large part of the service was handed over to the Ropsha Palace near Peterhof and was then called the the Roshpa Service.