Porcelain Plate from the Private Service of Czar Nicholas
II
The center is decorated with monogram '
HA' for Nicholas Alexandrovich (Nicholas II), beneath Russian
Imperial crown,
made at the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg in 1899.
Diameter 8 1/2 in. (21,5 cm)
Very Rare and Highly
Important
sold
The interlaced letters 'H' 'A', and the crown are etched
for texture.
Polished and matte gilding.
Green factory mark in the form of Nicholas II cipher and date '1899'
Condition: a tiny rim chip (shown above), otherwise excellent.
A pair of this service plates from the Piper collection are
published in At The Tsar's Table
(page 36)