Property from a Private Italian Collection
A porcelain covered platter from the dowry service of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Alexander (1801-1825)
Auction Closed
November 28, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
square with curved corners and undulating edges, the cavetto painted with a scene of the Port of Girgenti in a gilt roundel, the borders decorated with bands of gilding and painted with floral garlands and four rust-coloured roundels each containing a sepia topographical scene, the cover with a gilt pinecone finial centring a circle of gilt ornamentation featuring stylised lilies, palmettes, garlands and foliate scrolls, inscribed on the reverse of the platter 'Vue du Port ou Mole de Girgenti', marked under base with the blue crowned cypher for Alexander I
width 28.1cm; 11 in.
Originally presented by Alexander I to Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna (later Queen Catharina Pavlovna of Württemberg) on the occasioᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚꦉn of her wedding to King William I of Württemberg
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