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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  Jewels & Objets D'Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  24 May 2015 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  460
• Lot Description:
  A Set of Three Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Plates From The Kremlin Service
  Period Of Nicholas I (1825-1855). Each dessert plate centrally painted with double headed black imperial eagle with Cyrillic title of Nicholas I bordered by interspersed red blossom motifs and entwined foliate border with blue and green flowers, each with blue Imperial cipher of Nicholas I and red Kremlin Palace inventory numbers.
• Notes:
  This famed service was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I in 1836. The artwork was designed by painter and archaeologist Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) his inspiration for these plates were drawn from a jewelled, gold and enamelled plate made in 1667 for Natalia Kirilovna, née Naryshkina, wife of the second Romanov Tsar, Alexei Mikhailovich.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Ceramics & Porcelain

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