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Imperial Porcelain Manufacture: LARGE PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKO - LARGE PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAYEVICH. Imperial Porcelain Manufacture. St. Petersburg. Date: Period Nicholas I (1848-1855). Maker/Designer: Model F. G. Solnzew, 1848. Technique: Porcelain, painted in colours and golden. Description: Large plate with a slightly fluted centre and wide rim. Opposite each other is a cartouche with the imperial double-headed eagle and a cartouche with the monogram of the Grand Duke 'BKKH'. In the transition to the mirror a continuous wide gold ring. Below it an ornamental band in the style of old Russian enamel work. Measurement: ø 32,5cm. Mark: Manufacture mark from ligated monogram: N I (Cyrillic) under crown, painted blue under the glaze. Painter's number 12, indistinct cameo mark. 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. The pieces presented here are part of the large banqueting dinner service that was produced in 1848 to mark the wedding of the son of Tsar Nicholas I, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, to Alexandra Josiphovna, daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Parts of the service are now kept in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, among others. Imperial Porcelain Manufacture Russia Porcelain 19th century Bowl Explanations to the Catalogue Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 43,70 Euro plus 8,30 Euro VAT EU: 58,82 Euro plus 11,18 Euro VAT Worldwide: 117,65 Euro plus 22,35 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance