Lot 727
A porcelain cup with saucer from the Gothic Service, Russia, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period Alexander III (1881 bis 1894), dated 1890
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Description
Porcelain. Both pieces with polychrome floral painting and rich gilt decoration. Base of cup with green underglaze brand "AIII 90", saucer probably with the same brand, overpainted and with a later Soviet brand (part of a cogwheel, sickle, hammer). Height of cup: 7 cm, diameter of saucer: 13.8 cm.Provenance: The Gothic Service was commissioned by Nicholas I for the Winter Palace and executed in 1832 after designs by I.A. Ivanov, presented to the Emperor in 1833.
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Condition: II + Questions about the lot?