comprising a shaped oval tray with pierced handles, six cups and saucers, covered sugar bowl, coffee pot and creamer, all decorated with marine scenes after Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900), gilt floral borders, with green and blue underglaze Imperial cyphers for Alexander II

Excellent condition. The bases and feet with light wear and one or two very minor chips. Very minor firing flaws.
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For a similar example, see V.V. Znemenova, ed., Imperatorskii farforovii zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, pp. 546-551. The present lot painted with copies of known paintings by the artist as follows.

Tray:
Battle of Navarino  (1846, Dz꧒erzhinskii Marine College, St Petersburg).

Coffee pot:
Stormy Sea at Night (1849, Pavlovsk State Museum)
Storm in the Arctic Ocean 𝓀(1864, Aivazovsky National Arꦫt Gallery, Feodosiya)

Tea Cups:
Storm on the Sea (1847, Pavlovsk State Museum)
Venice (detail, 1842, Peterhof Museum)
The Bay of Naples on a Misty Morning (detail, 1843, Aivazovsky National Art Gallery, Feodosiya)
The Sea at Koktebel (1853, Aivazovsky National Art Gallery, Feodosiya)
Sea Strait with a Lighthouse (1841, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg)
Kronstadt Passage, Menshikov Fort (1844, Centralౠ Maritime Museum, St Peters🌜burg)

Creamer:
Seascape with View of Revel (detail, 1844, Central Maritime Museum, St Petersburg)
Crimea (1852, Peterhof Museum)

Sugar Bowl:
On the Island of Crete (detail, 1867, Aivazovsky National Art Gallery, Feodosiya)
Ships at Anchor (detail, 1851, Aivazovsky National🎀 Art G🍃allery, Feodosiya)