A pair of Russian antique porcelain floral cabinet
plates from the reign of
Nicholas I
made at the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg
around 1840, elaborately decorated
with gilded foliage on four-color ground, centers painted with sprays
of flowers.
Diameter 9 1/4 in. (23,3 cm)
Condition:
one plate has an invisibly repaired small rim chip, some very
minor rubbing to four small gilded garlands around the flowers,
otherwise excellent.