An antique Russian Imperial porcelain plate from the Wedding Banquet service of Grand Duke Constantine (Konstantine) Nikolaevich (son of tsar Nicholas I) and German Princess Alexandra Iosifovna of Saxe-Altenburg. Made at the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St Petersburg in 1848.

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.

Grand Duke Konstantine Nikolaevich of Russia     Russian Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna German Princess of Saxe-Altenburg

The wedding took place on September 11, 1848 in the Winter Palace in St Petersburg.

Russian Imperial porcelain plate of Grand Duke Constantine Wedding service 1848
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

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5441832

Russian porcelain plate of Grand Duke Konstantine



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).

 


Grand Duke Constantine Wedding Plate

Blue factory mark in the form of Nicholas I cipher.

Russian Imperial porcelain mark of the Nicholas I period


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