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“The Kremlin Service” - a Russian porcelain cup and saucer, decorated in gold and colours, centers with stylized foliage with blue and green flower heads around a red rosette against a black ground, leaf tip borders surrounded by a radiating band of pine trees against a tooled and burnished gilt ground. Popov Porcelian Factory, c. 1860. H. cup 6.7 cm. Diam. saucer 13 cm. (2).
The Kremlin Service was originally commissioned in 1837–1838 by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855) for the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, which was then being reconstructed. The service was designed by Feodor Grigorievich Solntsev (1801–1892) in the 17th century old Russian style. The basis was a gold and enamel plate in the collections of the Kremlin Armoury, made in 1667 for Tsar Alexis of Russia (1629–1676).
Condition report on request.
Russian + varia & furniture, 2 June 2016
Not sold