Porcelain plate from the yacht ALEXANDRIA, a private yacht of the Russian Imperial Family.

Made at the Imperial porcelain factory in St. Petersburg in 1898.

Diameter – 10 in. (25 cm)

Condition: excellent
The plate is painted with the coat of arms: a gold sword on a blue shield placed through a wreath of white roses with the motto – For Faith, Czar and Fatherland.

The design of the shield is identical to the coat of arms of the Cottage palace Alexandria in Peterhof. The rim is painted blue.

Literature: Dining with the Czars, page 125; Russian Imperial Yachts, pages 218-219.

Marked with cipher of Czar Nicholas II and date ‘1898’.