The service was designed by Feodor Solntsev (1801-1892), - an architect, painter, professor of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, archaeologist and an expert in Russian antiquities. Ten years earlier, Solntsev designed a ceremonial service for the Great Kremlin Palace. Similar to the Kremlin service, the Constantine Wedding service is designed in the Russo-Byzantine style. The ornamentation of the service derives from Russian medieval enamel motifs.
The wedding took place on September 11, 1848 in the Winter Palace in St Petersburg.
Diameter 9 1/2 in. (24 cm)
Condition: a professionally repaired rim chip and crack, intact painting, bold colors.
A historically important and attractive display piece
$6,900.00
(reserved)
A larger plate (12 3/4 in. - 32,5 cm) from this service was sold at Christie's auction in June 2011 for $19,499.00
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The border is painted with eleborate cartouches of scrolling interlaced foliage, the Russian Imperial Standard - a double headed eagle holding in its beaks and talons four maps, signifying Russian sovereignty over the Baltic, Black, Caspian and White seas, and a crowned monogram BKKH for Великий Князь Константин Николаевич (Grand Duke Konstantine Nikolaevich).
Blue factory mark in the form of Nicholas I cipher.
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