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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 - 1 370 USD
Hammer price
11 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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.