1177. A set of four dinner plates, Imperial porcelain manufactory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I. (4).

Diameter 24 cm.

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• Department: Russian works of art
• Auction: 26 November 2009, lot 1177
• Viewing: 14 – 22 November 2009

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• Estimate: SEK 15 000 - 20 000 / € 1 450 - 1 950
• Price realized:

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  SEK 16 800 / € 1 600

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Provenance

The service was ordered by Emperor Nicholas I in 1834 as a gift for Mahmud II, the Sultan of Turkey (1808-1839), to mark the signing of the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi in 1833, which secured Russian acess to the Dardanelles.

Exhibitions

Part of this service is on display at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul.

Literature

An Imperial fascination: Porcelain, Dining with the Czars, Peterhof. A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1991, p 95. pl 193.

Other

Also compare Christies, sale 7677, 12 and 13 of Oktober, the Popoff Collection Lot 221.