A set of four dinner plates, Imperial porcelain manufactory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I. (4)
Diameter 24 cm.
Wear.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
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.
Näyttelyt
Part of this service is on display at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul.
Kirjallisuus
An Imperial fascination: Porcelain, Dining with the Czars, Peterhof. A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1991, p 95. pl 193.
Muut tiedot
Also compare Christies, sale 7677, 12 and 13 of Oktober, the Popoff Collection Lot 221.
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