SOLD. "The Korbievsky Service" - fourteen Russian porcelain plates. The Imperial Porcelain Factory and others. Diam. C. 25 cm. (14).

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“The Korbievsky Service” - fourteen Russian porcelain plates, five soup and nine dinner plates, decorated in colours and gold with garlands of grapevines, centre with colourful bouquet of flowers. Marked respectively Kornilov, HI and AII, two last-mentioned The Imperial Porcelain Factory for Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1825–1855) and Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1855–1881), furthermore one unmarked. Diam. c. 25 cm. (14).

The original service was produced before 1823 in France and acquired through the J. Corbie Store in St. Petersburg. It comprised over one thousand pieces and was originally designed for two hundred place settings. In 1823 it was used at the Imperial residence of Pavlovsk, but in 1824 it was transferred to the Imperial residence of Tsarskoe Selo. Throughout the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, sets of additions were produced at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, significantly exeeding the quantity of original French pieced.

Condition

1 Korniolov, 1 AII 1822–1881; afslag på kanten og 6 HI 1825–1855; to med kantrevne, en med reparation ved kant, 1 umærket; med stjernerevne som går igennem (9),

Auction

Russia, furniture, varia, carpets, 25 November 2015